Saints of the Household
$21.80
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
28 January 2026
Summary
Max and Jay depend on each other. Growing up in Minnesota with a physically abusive father, the two Bribri American brothers have learned to protect themselves and their mom by keeping their heads down. But when they hear a classmate in trouble in the woods, instinct takes over and they break up a fight, harming their school’s star soccer player in the process. This act of violence threatens the brothers’ dreams for the future. As the true details of that fateful afternoon unfold, Max and Jay…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781250907004 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1250907004 |
| Author: | Ari Tison |
| Publisher: | Palgrave USA |
| Imprint: | Square Fish |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 28 January 2026 |
| Weight: | 272g |
| Dimensions: | 210mm x 136mm x 22mm |
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Pura Belpré Award Winner
Walter Award Winner for Young Adult Literature
A YALSA William C. Morris Award Finalist
Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award Winner
Américas Book Award Winner for Young Adult Literature
A New York Public Library Best Book of the Year
A Chicago Public Library Best of the Year
A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year
An Amazon Best Book of the Year So Far
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YALSA’s Best Fiction for Young Adults
TLA Tayshas Reading List Selection
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Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books Blue Ribbon Title
A Bank Street Best Book of the Year
International Literacy Association Honor Book
Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Award Nominee
“In this striking, assured debut exhibiting a measured pace and delicate writing, Tison (Bribri) probes the ties of adolescent brotherhood and ways the effects of violence can stall self-directed growth… Remarkably compelling.” –Kirkus Reviews, starred review
“Tison’s writing is staggering… Structurally and substantively, this book is an elegiac triumph that puts the human heart in the reader’s hands.” –The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books, starred review
“A heartrending, contemporary debut novel about the repercussions of trauma and the healing power of family and art. … Violence can be inherited but so can love and forgiveness. This vulnerable and magnetic tale of brotherhood belongs on every shelf.” –School Library Journal, starred review
“The story itself is a quiet, soulful exploration of how young men process the often-stark realities they live in. The character notes are subtle and nuanced.” –Booklist
About The Author
Ari Tison
Ari Tison is a Bribri (Indigenous Costa Rican) American and African-descended poet and storyteller. Her poems and short works have been published in Yellow Medicine Review, The Under Review, Rock & Sling, and Poetry’s first ever edition for children. She was the winner of the 2018 Vaunda Micheaux Nelson Award for a BIPOC writer with Lerner Publishing. She is the annual broadside editor for the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop, where she gets to collaborate with the Minnesota Center for the Book Arts to bring incarcerated voices into the world. Saints of the Household is her debut novel.
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