I’ll Give You the Sun meets True Detective in this brilliant YA novel about saints, sisters, and learning to let go.
Tess da Costa is a saint—a hand-to-god, miracle-producing saint. At least that’s what the people in her hometown of New Avon, Massachusetts, seem to believe. And when Tess suddenly and tragically passes away, her small city begins feverishly petitioning the pope to make Tess’s sainthood official. Tess’s mother is ecstatic over the fervor, while her sister Callie, the one who knew Tess best, is disgusted—overcome with the feeling that her sister is being stolen from her all over again.
The fervor for Tess’ sainthood only grows when Ana Langone, a local girl missing for six months, is found alive at the foot of one of Tess’ shrines. It’s the final straw for Callie. With the help of Tess’ secret boyfriend Danny, Callie is determined to prove that Tess was something far more important than a saint: she was her sister, her best friend and a girl in love with a boy. But Callie’s investigation uncovers much more than she bargained for—a hidden diary, old family secrets, and even the disturbing truth behind Ana’s kidnapping.
Told in alternating perspectives, A Psalm for Lost Girls is at once funny, creepy and soulful.
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“Narrators Saskia Maarleveld, Julia Whelan, and Kyla Garcia bring to life a teenager’s journey to discover if her dead sister is truly the miracle-making modern-day saint everyone believes her to be. Maarleveld handles the bulk of the performance; her cool, casual voice is a perfect fit for the grieving Callie da Costa as she tangles with the death of her saintly sister, Tess. Garcia gives a bright and hopeful performance of Tess through the diary she left behind. Whelan ties it all together as she narrates the story of a missing child whose reappearance could be Tess’ posthumously sanctified miracle. The trio provides a performance that will awaken, or reawaken, listeners to the possibility of miracles.”
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