Godless

One of my favorite books from recent years, this is the story of Jason Bock, a 15-year old Catholic who is completely bored with church. He and a group of friends decide to start their own religion, and select the town's water tower as their new god. As this new religion grows, it takes on a life of its own. Full of interesting and quirky characters, this could be used as a basis for discussion about personal faith as well as doubts about faith. Written by Minnesota's Pete Hautman, this won the National Book Award in 2004 and won the Minnesota Book Award in 2005.