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Heretics Anonymous
by Katie Henry
One of my favorite YA contemporaries I’ve read this year. This warm, funny story follows this teenage boy named Michael who doesn’t believe in God but is forced to go to Catholic school when his family moves. He has all these preconceived notions about faith that he is forced to reconsider when he falls in with this band of misfits at the school including several non-Catholics but also this badass feminist Catholic girl named Lucy.
It’s not a conversion story at all (which I think makes it better) but proclaims such an awesome message of striving to understand people different from us, from a religious perspective. It points a critical lens at Catholicism and especially Catholic education but does so while still doing justice and paying respect to the incredible way the faith influences some people’s lives. It was the first really genuine portrayal of Catholic teenagers that really care about their faith but still act like normal teenagers that I’ve ever read in YA.
I loved everything about this, especially having gone to Catholic school myself and struggling, then and now, to understand many teachings and practices of the Church. Thought provoking, relatable, and absolutely hilarious, this is such a brilliant book and something that YA lit needs so much more of!
It’s not a conversion story at all (which I think makes it better) but proclaims such an awesome message of striving to understand people different from us, from a religious perspective. It points a critical lens at Catholicism and especially Catholic education but does so while still doing justice and paying respect to the incredible way the faith influences some people’s lives. It was the first really genuine portrayal of Catholic teenagers that really care about their faith but still act like normal teenagers that I’ve ever read in YA.
I loved everything about this, especially having gone to Catholic school myself and struggling, then and now, to understand many teachings and practices of the Church. Thought provoking, relatable, and absolutely hilarious, this is such a brilliant book and something that YA lit needs so much more of!