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	Henry, Katie. HERETICS ANONYMOUS New York, NY : Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018] IL YA ISBN 9780062698872 (2 booktalks)
Click on the book to read Amazon reviews	Booktalk #1 Michael’s family is constantly on the move for his father’s job. This most recent move places him at St. Clare’s Catholic school — which is unfortunate, since Michael is an atheist. It’s at this school that he meets Lucy, a staunch Catholic with dreams of priesthood. But that doesn’t stop her from disagreeing with her school and its rules. Lucy is a member of a secret society, Heretics Anonymous. They’re a group of outcasts made up of Avi, a Jewish gay boy, Eden, a pagan, Max, an eccentric boy with a penchant for capes, and Lucy herself. It’s more of a support group than anything — they mostly spend their meetings discussing how unfair administration is. Michael isn’t satisfied with that, and convinces the group that they need to take a more active approach and take steps to expose the school’s hypocrisies. But when one of his missions ends up being too extreme, he ends up putting all of the heretics in danger. Suddenly, Michael has to decide if he’s going to save himself, or save friends that he never thought he’d make. (Georgia Peach Book Award, 2020) Booktalk #2 Your dad’s new job lands in you a new school in the eleventh grade. You are a practicing atheist, and your new school is St. Clare’s CATHOLIC School. Life cannot get worse. You have to find a friend. You are introduced to a secret society of heretics who also feel out of place at St. Clare’s, and the leader of the group is Lucy who wants to become a priest. Henry weaves a tale of comical stunts pulled by the group with each one more outrageous than the previous ones. When our atheist Michael pulls a stunt that could lead to the exposure of Heretics Anonymous, he must decide what path to take? Would you let your “faith” decide what to do? Check out Katie Henry’s tale of Heretics Anonymous to find out how an atheist and his “faith” collide. (Prepared by: Michelle Greene, Lamar High School, michelle.greene@darlington.k12.sc.us) (South Carolina Book Awards, 2020-2021)
	SUBJECTS: Conduct of life -- Fiction. Catholic schools -- Fiction. Schools -- Fiction. Faith -- Fiction. Self-help groups -- Fiction. Family problems -- Fiction.

Henry, Katie.
HERETICS ANONYMOUS
New York, NY : Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018]
IL YA
ISBN 9780062698872

(2 booktalks)

Click on the book to read Amazon reviews

Booktalk #1

Michael’s family is constantly on the move for his father’s job. This most recent move places him at St. Clare’s Catholic school — which is unfortunate, since Michael is an atheist. It’s at this school that he meets Lucy, a staunch Catholic with dreams of priesthood. But that doesn’t stop her from disagreeing with her school and its rules. Lucy is a member of a secret society, Heretics Anonymous. They’re a group of outcasts made up of Avi, a Jewish gay boy, Eden, a pagan, Max, an eccentric boy with a penchant for capes, and Lucy herself. It’s more of a support group than anything — they mostly spend their meetings discussing how unfair administration is. Michael isn’t satisfied with that, and convinces the group that they need to take a more active approach and take steps to expose the school’s hypocrisies. But when one of his missions ends up being too extreme, he ends up putting all of the heretics in danger. Suddenly, Michael has to decide if he’s going to save himself, or save friends that he never thought he’d make. (Georgia Peach Book Award, 2020)

Booktalk #2

Your dad’s new job lands in you a new school in the eleventh grade. You are a practicing atheist, and your new school is St. Clare’s CATHOLIC School. Life cannot get worse. You have to find a friend. You are introduced to a secret society of heretics who also feel out of place at St. Clare’s, and the leader of the group is Lucy who wants to become a priest. Henry weaves a tale of comical stunts pulled by the group with each one more outrageous than the previous ones. When our atheist Michael pulls a stunt that could lead to the exposure of Heretics Anonymous, he must decide what path to take? Would you let your “faith” decide what to do? Check out Katie Henry’s tale of Heretics Anonymous to find out how an atheist and his “faith” collide. (Prepared by: Michelle Greene, Lamar High School, michelle.greene@darlington.k12.sc.us) (South Carolina Book Awards, 2020-2021)

SUBJECTS:    Conduct of life -- Fiction.
                        Catholic schools -- Fiction.
                        Schools -- Fiction.
                        Faith -- Fiction.
                        Self-help groups -- Fiction.
                        Family problems -- Fiction.