SuitabookAll the Crooked Saints
Maggie Stiefvater
- Reading
- Read alongside the young person if the death-related imagery, supernatural transformations or substance references may need context. Pause after introductions to map each cousin’s goal, then revisit how those goals develop.
- Themes
- Miracles and personal change: The Soria family performs miracles for visitors, while Beatriz, Daniel and Joaquin seek different forms of change. The premise invites discussion about what people want from miracles and what they may need to confront themselves.
- Family, identity and emotional responsibility: The cousins belong to a family carrying unusual responsibilities; Beatriz examines her emotions, while Daniel helps others but not himself. The story appears to value care and self-reflection while allowing its main characters flaws, darkness and difficult feelings.
- Music, radio and cultural setting: Joaquin runs a renegade radio station, and the story includes early rock ’n’ roll, radio engineering and a Mexican-American family in Colorado. The setting offers a route into discussing how music, broadcasting and place shape a family story.
- Worth knowing
- Be aware of references to deaths and past transformations, a lightning strike, apparent death and blindness. Romance includes longing, declarations and kisses; some characters drink, smoke or use marijuana, and occasional strong language appears.