Carter, Timothy, Evil? 2009. 256 p. Flux, $9.95, (9780738715391). Gr. 9-12.

Stuart is a gay teen in a small, conservative Canadian town, but that’s not a problem.  He summons a demon in his spare time to learn the real deal about God, but that’s not a problem either.  But, when his brother discovers Stuart committing the Sin of Onan in the shower and his parents find out, the town gets caught up in an anti-masturbation crusade fueled by the self-righteous indignation of fallen angels so it’s up to Stuart, his demon friend, and the priest to save the town and reestablish reason.  With laugh-out-loud humor on nearly every page, Evil? is a funny and subversively scathing critique of the motivations behind some purveyors of modern North American morality. –John Andrews