The head of the saint, Socorro Acioli ; translation by Daniel Hahn
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The head of the saint, Socorro Acioli ; translation by Daniel Hahn
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eng
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12 and up
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The head of the saint
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902986115
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Socorro Acioli ; translation by Daniel Hahn
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
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adolescent
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