But when Michael takes one mission too far-putting the other Heretics at risk-he must decide whether to fight for his own freedom or rely on faith, whatever that means, in God, his friends, or himself.
Michael encourages the Heretics to go from secret society to rebels intent on exposing the school’s hypocrisies one stunt at a time. Clare’s outcasts, and he officially joins Heretics Anonymous, where he can be an atheist, Lucy can be an outspoken feminist, Avi can be Jewish and gay, Max can wear whatever he wants, and Eden can practice paganism. Only this girl, Lucy, isn’t just Catholic. When a girl challenges their teacher in class, Michael thinks he might have found one, and a fellow atheist at that. His dad has just made the family move again, and Michael needs a friend. Katie Henry, author of Heretics Anonymous, Let’s Call It a Doomsday, and This Will Be Funny Someday, is a writer living and working in New York City. When Michael walks through the doors of Catholic school, things can’t get much worse. Perfect for fans of Becky Albertalli and Robyn Schneider. The Breakfast Club meets Saved! in debut author Katie Henry’s hilarious novel about a band of misfits who set out to challenge their school, one nun at a time. Put an atheist in a strict Catholic school? Expect comedy, chaos, and an Inquisition. Now in paperback.Ī New York Public Library Best Book of the Year! Except she wants to be a priest.The Breakfast Club meets Saved! in this hilarious and heartfelt YA debut by author Katie Henry about a nonbeliever in Catholic school who turns a secret support group, Heretics Anonymous, into rebels intent on exposing the school’s hypocrisies one stunt at a time.
He’s surprised and chagrined to find out that Lucy is actually a devout Catholic. Michael, who hates that he’s been forced by his parents to attend a Catholic school, is relieved when Lucy speaks up in theology class to challenge the teacher, assuming that she’s an atheist like himself. Michael is an atheist, Lucy is a feminist Catholic, Avi is a gay Jew, Eden is a Celtic Reconstructionist Polytheist (basically, a pagan), and Max is a cape-wearing Unitarian. Katie Henry’s debut novel deftly handles differing spiritual beliefs, or lack thereof, by putting five very different characters together. I like to read gritty faith-related books, possibly because they make me feel less like a heretic myself. I was raised Protestant and attended a Catholic high school, but as an adult I’ve struggled with the faith of my youth. A piece of burned toast, with the imprint of an open, light-emitting Bible in the center, framed by the words “ Heretics Anonymous.” When the book cover talked about an atheist kid starting at a Catholic school and a group of religious oddballs called Heretics Anonymous, I knew I had to read it. It was the cover that drew me to this book.
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