BUZZ ISSUE-U:BEE ONLINE #04

Fiction
Historical
Fantasy Books for Teens
Romantic
of Sorias has a main saint,
generation
in 1962 the saint is 20-year-old
and
whose best friends are his
Daniel,
Beatriz, 18, and Joaquin, 16.
cousins
the three of them broadcast
Together,
pirate radio show from a truck that
a
which rids them of darkness
miracle,
its shame, greed and guilt, or
(whether
to perform the second miracle,
pilgrims
until that happens, the Sorias and
but
ALL THE
CROOKED
SAINTS BY
MAGGIE
STIEFVATER
Age 13+
In ALL THE CROOKED SAINTS, the
titular saints are the Soria family, who
live in the tiny San Luis Valley desert
When pilgrims visit Bicho Raro, a
town of Bicho Raro, Colorado, and can
saint helps them by performing one
perform miracles for a steady stream
of pilgrims who visit them. Every
something worse), which becomes
manifest in some way.It's up to the
the pilgrims can't interact without
great harm to the family. Into this
supernatural village enters young and
brilliant Beatriz has tricked out.
earnest Pete, who hopes to barter work
for a truck, and Tony, a famous DJ from
back East in need of a miracle. Things
get complicated when Daniel reveals
he's in love with a pilgrim (strictly
against the rules) and disappears into
the desert....
find out more, go to:
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https://www.commonsensemedia.org/bookreviews/all-the-crooked-saints
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