The Head of the Saint
New York : Delacorte Press, [2014]
Format: Book
Edition: First American edition.
Description: 181 pages ; 22 cm
Having arrived in Candeia, Brazil, starving and footsore, after walking sixteen days to fulfill his dying mother's last wishes, young Samuel takes up residence in an enormous, broken statue of Saint Anthony and finds that he can hear the prayers of the townspeople, despite his lack of faith.
Subjects:
Anthony, of Padua, Saint, 1195-1231 -- Teen fiction.
Homeless persons -- Teen fiction.
Faith -- Teen fiction.
Prayer -- Teen fiction.
Fathers and sons -- Teen fiction.
Paranormal fiction.
Anthony, of Padua, Saint, 1195-1231 -- Teen fiction.
Homeless persons -- Teen fiction.
Faith -- Teen fiction.
Prayer -- Teen fiction.
Fathers and sons -- Teen fiction.
Paranormal fiction.
Target Audience: 880L
ISBN:
9780553537925
"Originally published in Portuguese by Companhia das Letras, São Paulo, Brazil in 2014. Originally published in English in hardcover by Hot Key Books, London, United Kingdom in 2014. Work published with the support of the Ministry of Culture of Brazil/ National Library Foundation."