all the crooked saints by maggie stiefvater

Like author Maggie Stiefvater's previous settings of Mercy Falls, Thisby, and Henrietta, Bicho Raro and its surrounding desert come alive in the story. Lyrical and evocative, this period magical-realism novel follows a Mexican-American family of saints and the pilgrims they transform with miracles. Things get complicated when Daniel reveals he's in love with a pilgrim (strictly against the rules) and disappears into the desert. Into this supernatural village enters young and earnest Pete, who hopes to barter work for a truck, and Tony, a famous DJ from back East in need of a miracle. It's up to the pilgrims to perform the second miracle, but until that happens, the Sorias and the pilgrims can't interact without great harm to the family. When pilgrims visit Bicho Raro, a saint helps them by performing one miracle, which rids them of darkness (whether its shame, greed and guilt, or something worse), which becomes manifest in some way.

Together, the three of them broadcast a pirate radio show from a truck that brilliant Beatriz has tricked out. Every generation of Sorias has a main saint, and in 1962 the saint is 20-year-old Daniel, whose best friends are his cousins Beatriz, 18, and Joaquin, 16. In ALL THE CROOKED SAINTS, the titular saints are the Soria family, who live in the tiny San Luis Valley desert town of Bicho Raro, Colorado, and can perform miracles for a steady stream of pilgrims who visit them.

All the crooked saints by maggie stiefvater