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Winner of the Pura Belpré Award and Walter Dean Myers Award for Young Adult Literature!

Saints of the Household is a haunting contemporary YA about an act of violence in a small-town--beautifully told by a debut Indigenous Costa Rican-American writer--that will take your breath away.

Max and Jay have always depended on one another for their survival. Growing up with a physically abusive father, the two Bribri American brothers have learned that the only way to protect themselves and their mother is to stick to a schedule and keep their heads down.

But when they hear a classmate in trouble in the woods, instinct takes over and they intervene, breaking up a fight and beating their high school''s star soccer player to a pulp. This act of violence threatens the brothers'' dreams for the future and their beliefs about who they are. As the true details of that fateful afternoon unfold over the course of the novel, Max and Jay grapple with t

Saints of the Household

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Winner of the Pura Belpré Award and Walter Dean Myers Award for Young Adult Literature!Saints of the Household is a... Read more

    Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
    Publication Date: 3/28/2023 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780374389499, 978-0374389499
    ISBN10: 0374389497

    Number of Pages: 320

    Children & Teen , Teen & Young Adult

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    Winner of the Pura Belpré Award and Walter Dean Myers Award for Young Adult Literature!

    Saints of the Household is a haunting contemporary YA about an act of violence in a small-town--beautifully told by a debut Indigenous Costa Rican-American writer--that will take your breath away.

    Max and Jay have always depended on one another for their survival. Growing up with a physically abusive father, the two Bribri American brothers have learned that the only way to protect themselves and their mother is to stick to a schedule and keep their heads down.

    But when they hear a classmate in trouble in the woods, instinct takes over and they intervene, breaking up a fight and beating their high school''s star soccer player to a pulp. This act of violence threatens the brothers'' dreams for the future and their beliefs about who they are. As the true details of that fateful afternoon unfold over the course of the novel, Max and Jay grapple with t

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