

Eden West
Author: Pete Hautman
Narrator: Todd Haberkorn
Unabridged: 7 hr 9 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Candlewick on Brilliance Audio
Published: 04/14/2015
Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Social Themes
Author: Pete Hautman
Narrator: Todd Haberkorn
Unabridged: 7 hr 9 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Candlewick on Brilliance Audio
Published: 04/14/2015
Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Social Themes
Pete Hautman is the author of many books for young adults and adults, including the National Book Award–winning Godless and the recent Klaatu Diskos trilogy. About Eden West, he says, “Faith, family, and love are among the great forces that drive us as human beings. Eden West is about what might happen when those forces come into conflict within the pressure-cooker culture of an isolated community. It turns out, things want to blow up.” Pete Hautman splits his time between Wisconsin and Minnesota.
This review originally appeared on my blog, Leeanna.me. == I’ve read quite a few young adult and adult books, fiction and nonfiction, about life in religious cults, so EDEN WEST wasn’t anything new for me. Before I started the book, I thought it would be a fresh take on the subject, especially as it’s......more
Pete Hautman really knows how to create an engaging story. In Eden West we glimpse the inside of an insular cult through the eyes of a boy called Jacob. As Jacob slowly starts to question his faith and lifestyle through a series of trials life throws at him, his story becomes more complex and basic......more