All the Crooked Saints

Maggie Stiefvater
Scholastic Press • 2017

From bestselling author Maggie Stiefvater, a gripping tale of darkness, miracles, and family. Saints. Miracles. Family. Romance. Death. Redemption.Here is a thing everyone wants: A miracle. Here is a ...thing everyone fears: What it takes to get one. Any visitor to Bicho Raro, Colorado is likely to find a landscape of dark saints, forbidden love, scientific dreams, miracle-mad owls, estranged affections, one or two orphans, and a sky full of watchful desert stars. At the heart of this place you will find the Soria family, who all have the ability to perform unusual miracles. And at the heart of this family are three cousins longing to change its future: Beatriz, the girl without feelings, who wants only to be free to examine her thoughts; Daniel, the Saint of Bicho Raro, who performs miracles for everyone but himself; and Joaquin, who spends his nights running a renegade radio station under the name Diablo Diablo. They are all looking for a miracle. But the miracles of Bicho Raro are never quite what you expect.
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Autorku Maggie Steifvater môžete poznať vďaka jej sériám Vlci z Mercy Falls a Havraní cyklus. Práve Havraní cyklus som od nej čítala a zamilovala si spôsob, akým autorka dokáže podať príbeh, vykresliť postavy a vložiť do príbehu prvky magického realizmu, ktorý sa bežne spája skôr s povinnou literatúrou ako s young-adult literatúrou. Najnovšie jej u nás vyšla kniha Zázraky padlých svätých,[...]

Moje prvé stretnutie s Maggie Stiefvater sa odohralo už pekne dávno pri jej romantickej trilógii o vlkolakoch Shiver. Tá si ma získala len postupne a nebola som úplne presvedčená, či sa mi páči autorkin štýl, no posledné pochybnosti sa vytratili pri sérii The Raven Boys/Havraní chlapci. Tej som úplne prepadla a tak som sa – trochu neisto, pretože slová "magický realizmus" znejú podľa mňa[...]

Maggie Stiefvater fantasy magický realizmus paranormal young adult

Zázraky nie sú celkom také, ako by ste čakali Názov: All the Crooked Saints Autor: Maggie Stiefvater   Rok vydania v originálnom jazyku: 2017 Žáner: young adult, fantasy, magický realizmus, paranormálne Séria: žiadna Keď ľudia prichádzajú do Bicho Raro, chcú od Svätcov zázrak. Tie však vôbec nie sú také, ako by ste čakali. Po prvé, zázraky … Čítať ďalej All the Crooked Saints

From bestselling author Maggie Stiefvater, a gripping tale of darkness, miracles, and family. Saints. Miracles. Family. Romance. Death. Redemption.

Here is a thing everyone wants: A miracle.

Here is a thing everyone fears: What it takes to get one.


Any visitor to Bicho Raro, Colorado is likely to find a landscape of dark saints, forbidden love, scientific dreams, miracle-mad owls, estranged affections, one or two orphans, and a sky full of watchful desert stars.

At the heart of this place you will find the Soria family, who all have the ability to perform unusual miracles. And at the heart of this family are three cousins longing to change its future: Beatriz, the girl without feelings, who wants only to be free to examine her thoughts; Daniel, the Saint of Bicho Raro, who performs miracles for everyone but himself; and Joaquin, who spends his nights running a renegade radio station under the name Diablo Diablo.

They are all looking for a miracle. But the miracles of Bicho Raro are never quite what you expect.