The possibilities of sainthood

By Donna Freitas

Subjects: Catholic schools, Italian americans, fiction, Italian Americans, Family life, fiction, Families, Saints, Schools, fiction, Rhode island, fiction, Fiction, Children's fiction, Conduct of life, fiction, Saints, fiction, Conduct of life, Juvenile fiction, Schools, Family life

Description: While regularly petitioning the Vatican to make her the first living saint, fifteen-year-old Antonia Labella prays to assorted patron saints for everything from help with preparing the family's fig trees for a Rhode Island winter to getting her first kiss from the right boy.