Louis park, minnesota, attended both the minneapolis college of art and design and the university of minnesota, and worked as a sign painter and graphic artist before turning to writing. Several of his books have received ala best book for young adults citations. Was, which was nominated for an edgar award by the mystery writers of america, as well as. Pete hautman is a national awardwinning american author of young adult, mystery, realistic fiction, thriller, juvenile, childrens books, and middlegrade novels. Rash book by pete hautman half price books marketplace. Was was nominated for an edgar award by the mystery writers of america. Rash has 3 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. In this dystopian society, americans as well as people in most other countries have traded freedom and independence for safety. Though its not so bad for those who grew up there as they have nothing to compare it with.
Pete hautman books, ebooks, audiobooks, biography barnes. May 26, 2016 join emily godfrey, a librarian at twain middle school, and sarah pevner, a librarian at centreville high school, as they discuss rash by pete hautman. Rash book by pete hautman official publisher page simon. Nearly every potentially unsafe action has been criminalized, to the point that 24% of the population is incarcerated.
Rash, by pete hautman, is about polar bears, pizza, artificial intelligence, mass hysteria, football, head transplants, and a talking monkey. The books of this series feature mystery, crime fiction, realistic fiction, young adult, and thriller stories. Pete hautman is the author of godless, which won the national book award, and many other critically acclaimed books for teens and adults, including blank confession, allin, rash, no limit, and invisible. Peter murray hautman born september 29, 1952 is an american author best known for his novels for young adults. It is comprised of a total of 3 books released between 2006 and 2008. Created by publishers weekly view on publishers weekly share.
Hautman invisible explores the modernday tension between safety and freedom in this intelligent and darkly comic satire set 70 years in the future. Pete hautman takes a satirical look at an antiseptic future in this darkly comic mysteryadventure. Jul 16, 2008 bo follows suit when he is blamed for spreading a rash around the school. Sep 27, 2009 i met pete hautman last year at the washington library media associations conference in october and i apologize to him if he ever reads my blog that it took me a whole year to finally read one of his books. Sara ordered the book rash by pete hautman and we wanted to read it so we are bringing you along for the ride.
He offers to get bos sentence shortened, but can bo trust him. Sixteenyearold bo ignores governmental protective devices capturing every action and word. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. Rash is placed in the united safer states of america, where everything is safe and nothing is fun. Godless, hautmans book about a young boy who decided to invent a new religion based on the towns water tower, won the national book award in 2004. For bo marsten, a teenager who grew up in the ussa, its all good. In this society, he is sent to jail for punching someone. He wants to set a school record for the 100 meter dash in sprinting but obviously has other problems. Sometime in the notsodistant future, the united safer states of america imprisons twentyfour percent of its population for breaking any number of laws, including road rage, saying mean things to others, and drinking alcohol.
A very successful book series written by author pete hautman is known as the bloodwater mysteries series. Join emily godfrey, a librarian at twain middle school, and sarah pevner, a librarian at centreville high school, as they discuss rash by pete hautman. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. It is set in the year 2074, in a futuristic america, that has become obsessed with safety and security. Uncommonly good collectible and rare books from uncommonly good booksellers. Pete hautman author pete hautman is the author of godless, which won the national book award, and many other critically acclaimed books for teens and adults, including blank confession, allin, rash, no limit, and invisible. In a future society that has decided it would rather be safe than free, sixteenyearold bos anger control problems land him in a tundra jail where he survives with the help of his running skills and an artificial intelligence program named bork. Was, which was nominated for an edgar award by the mystery writers of america, as well as several adult novels.
About the author 2007 pete hautman is the author of national book awardwinning novel godless, sweetblood, hole in the sky, stone cold, the flinkwater factor, the forgetting machine, and mr. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. And now that bo has been crushing skulls on the field, will he be able to go back to his old, highly regulated life. Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream it right to your computer, smartphone or tablet. In this book the author does a good job of keeping clear of bias information while still persuading the readers. He also wrote sweetblood, invisible, and rash, among many others. The book is really about a teenager boy named bo who loves running.
Bo marsten is a teenager that has an anger management issue. Can you imagine a world where sports are banned for safety reasons. Rash by pete hautman is a wry look at a possible 2070s united states, now called the ussa united safer states of america. The big crunch by pete hautman and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Without penal workers, who would work the production lines, or pick the melons and peaches, or maintain the streets and parks and public lavatories. Regulations have taken over and made everything extremely safe. I visited hautman s webpage to see what he had to say about rash and i was really intrigued by this quote. The world hautman created, with all its safety regulations, raised issues about the dangers of securing public safety at the cost of personal freedoms. Pete hautman books list of books by author pete hautman. Rash by pete hautman is set in the future in united states.
Was, which was nominated for an edgar award by the mystery. Primarily writing for young adults, pete hautmans books run the gamut from realistic fiction to vampire stories. National book awardwinning author pete hautman introduced denn doyle in no limit, of which school library journal said, fast paced and powerfully delivered. I feel like that specific topic is very relevant, that our world could be sliding towards a similar ideology, and that this book could provide a lot of opportunities for discussion in a. You can get sent to jail for road rage, or eating too much. It takes place about seventy years in the future when everything fun is against the law. Once at the work camp he realizes that it would be better for him to become a gold shirt, which is the elite group that only has to work eight hours a day and has a lot more options for meals. In his latest novel, national book awardwinning author pete hautman has created a fascinating satire of where societys current trends might lead us.
The humor is often coarse, with plenty of farting, faces compared to dog anuses and the like. The item youve selected was not added to your cart. In the book rash, written by pete hautman, he gives you the best of both worlds. See all books authored by pete hautman, including slider, and rash, and more on.
Without it everybody would have to work whether they wanted to or not. Of course, without people like us marstens, there wouldnt be anybody to do the manual labor that. Hautman conjures up a sinister future world that has taken some of our current obsessions to extremes, yielding nightmarish results. Sometime in the notsodistant future, the united safer states of america imprisons. Jsa sixteenyearold bo suffers from a fatal lack of selfcontrol in a late 21stcentury american society that values safety above all else. Its late in the twentyfirst century, and the united safer states of america ussa has become a nation obsessed with safety.
Rash is a brilliant piece of literature written by pete hautman because it shows what happens in the future and also shows on the behavior of what really does happen in the future. The national book foundation summary is, a teenage boy decides to invent a new religion with a new god. Bo follows suit when he is blamed for spreading a rash around the school. Buy pete hautman ebooks to read online or download in pdf or epub on your pc, tablet or mobile device. One of them, godless, won the 2004 national book award for young peoples literature. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read rash. He is best known for writing the novel godless, which has helped him to win many prestigious awards. Like many other great science fiction novels, this is social commentary in disguise. Ginger crump and her fiancetobe billy are back in another nearfuture tomorrow. Pete hautman is the author of several novels for young adults, including rash, invisible, and godless, for which he won the 2004 national book award. Hautman s godless remains one of my favorite teen books, and this one is almost as good. Of course, without people like us marstens, there wouldnt be anybody to do the manual labor that makes this country run. Pete hautman is the author of national book awardwinning novel godless, sweetblood, hole in the sky, stone cold, the flinkwater factor, the forgetting machine, and mr.
Welcome to the united safer states of america in 2076. A subsequent public outburst leads him to a work camp of his own. Dec 04, 2007 pete hautman is the author of national book awardwinning novel godless, sweetblood, hole in the sky, stone cold, the flinkwater factor, the forgetting machine, and mr. Jump into the creative mind of pete hautman and his book rash and this is.