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The Head of the Saint

Socorro Acioli

Fourteen-year-old Samuel travels to Candeia, his father’s hometown, to honor his dying mother’s request to light a candle for St. Anthony. He also hopes to find the father who abandoned them. With no trace of him in the struggling village, Samuel takes refuge inside the hollow head of an unfinished statue. There he overhears women praying for love and, aided by two young men, begins quietly helping new romances develop. As visitors arrive, Candeia revives, while Samuel searches for the owner of one especially compelling voice.

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Themes
Community · Family · Love · Religion And Spirituality
Format
Hardcover
ISBN-13
9780553537925
Language
English
Cooperative Children's Book Center, University of Wisconsin–MadisonCCBC Choices
  • 2017Fiction for Young Adults
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