The head of the saint

Label

The head of the saint

Statement of responsibility

Socorro Acioli ; translated by Daniel Hahnl

Creator

• Acioli, Socorro

Contributor

• Hahn, Daniel

Author

• Acioli, Socorro

Translator

• Hahn, Daniel

Subject

• Anthony, of Padua, Saint, 1195-1231
• Homeless persons -- Fiction
• Supernatural -- Fiction
• Faith -- Fiction
• Prayer -- Fiction
• Fathers and sons -- Fiction
• Anthony, of Padua, Saint, 1195-1231 -- Fiction

Genre

• Fiction

Language

• eng
• por
• eng

Summary

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

Member of

• USBBY Outstanding International Books - Grades 9-12: 2017
• Cabeça do santo
• A cabeça do santo

Contributor

• Hahn, Daniel

Subject

• Teenage boys
• Prayer
• Skeptics
• Faith
• Homeless teenagers
• Magical realism
• Supernatural
• Statues
• Translations -- Portuguese to English
• Brazil
• Fathers and sons
• Poverty

Genre

• Translations
• Magical realism

Tone

• Atmospheric

Writing style

• Lyrical

Character

• Culturally diverse

Award

USBBY Outstanding International Book, 2017.

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

[Fic]

Index

no index present

Intended audience

880

Intended audience source

Lexile

LC call number

PZ7.1.A22

LC item number

He 2016

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile

880

Literary form

fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 7
• 12

Target audience

adolescent