false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173733707m/319421.jpg 319421 8 After creating a controversial and hugely popular website, teenager Josh Swensen becomes trapped inside his brilliant creation and must find a way to remain anonymous.I am lying on my bed doing my homework in Greek and Latin roots for Advanced English. 'Ped' for foot, 'homo' for man, 'nym' for name. I sit with the dictionary in front of me, coming up with as many words as I can to complete the assignment. Pedestrian, homicide, pseudonym . . . I have more than thirty of them. By accident -- that's always how these life-changing things happen -- I connect two halves that don't seem like a word until I look it up. 'Pseudo', false; and 'cide,' to kill = pseudocide. To pretend to kill (yourself).I stare at the word for a good long time. Homicide, suicide, genocide: these are words you can find in the newspaper every day. But pseudocide . . . now here was something different. My mind wanders from my homework to the blue cotton threads of my bedspread. Pseudocide. A way to start again as someone completely new, a way to burn the old self and try on a new one.Josh Swensen isn't your average teenager - when he observes America, he sees a powerhouse of consumerism and waste. He's even tried to do something about it, with his start-up controversial website. But when Josh rises to messiah status of the internet world, he discovers that greed and superficiality are not easily escaped. Trapped inside his own creation, Josh feels his only way out is to stage his death and be free of his internet alter-ego, "Larry." But this plan comes with danger, and soon Josh finds himself cut off from the world, with no one to turn to for help. In this suspenseful young adult novel, Janet Tashjian has written a probing tour-de-force. 1733447 2004 The Gospel According to Larry total:640|5:184|4:237|3:174|2:30|1:15| 640 2465 842 115 5 2 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Wed Aug 27 15:29:57 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 27 15:37:38 -0700 2008 loved this, it really captured their imaginations. Josh is a high school kid posting editorials under the guise of his alterego, Larry. Josh loves to hike and spend days outdoors alone. His favorite book is Walden. He rails against consumerism and our shallow infotainm...more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon May 05 02:19:51 -0700 2008 Mon May 05 02:20:08 -0700 2008
Josh is a bored seventeen-year-old genius. That is just a recipe for disaster!

Just for something to do, he creates a website where he posts all of his rants about our celebrity-obsessed culture, anti-communism, and any other rand...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 16:29:07 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 16:36:39 -0800 2009 All Josh wants to do is make a difference in the world, and he does this by starting a website called the Gospel According to Larry. As Larry, he can rant all he wants about the ills of society...mainly consumerism, materialism, celebrity worship, etc. He soon becomes ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Feb 22 09:42:47 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 26 12:24:35 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Dec 20 12:51:06 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 20 12:52:14 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Sep 28 10:24:26 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 28 10:24:26 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Nov 13 14:47:03 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 13 15:00:47 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false true Sat Sep 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 20:43:36 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 18:07:06 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Oct 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 11:03:43 -0700 2009 Sat Nov 07 12:35:52 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Jul 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 04:52:36 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 18:25:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Dec 23 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 21:59:26 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 23 08:38:00 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jul 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 16:31:16 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 19:29:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Jul 31 21:45:18 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 31 21:46:34 -0700 2008 4 1 false false Sat Oct 04 22:24:11 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 04 22:25:54 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Wed Oct 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 08:35:38 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 08:44:58 -0700 2009
What I learned from this book: fame is NOT for me. I can be happy with on...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Apr 05 19:31:10 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 19:37:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Mar 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 14 20:34:52 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 22 08:46:34 -0700 2009
Larry/Josh definitely kept my interest but I have mixed feelings about the book. The frame of the story is clever but I wonder if it is a little gimmicky. It could be a great class read as it introduce...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue May 07 00:00:00 -0700 2002 Mon Nov 24 09:03:43 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 09:03:43 -0800 2008 The Gospel According to Larry, does change the world. When Larry's anonymous website devoted to anti-consumerism and anti-commercialism hits the bandwidth, a lot of people listen to his message, including some who...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Mar 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 20:39:05 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 20:44:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Apr 07 09:04:08 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 10:26:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=319421