A Prayer for Vengeance -- Leanne Schwartz, Hardcover

An orphan out to find the truth within a warped religion turns his poetry into prayer--a prayer that awakens a cursed girl hungry for revenge.

Centuries after a miracle vanquished Tresttato's monsters and turned the soldiers fighting them to stone, Milo lovingly tends to the statues of those who protected the city. Raised with devout templars and scholars, autistic temple ward Milo wants nothing more than to be accepted into their ranks. When his prayers admiring her heroic sacrifice accidentally free Gia from stone, she wakes with a fury to kill the man Milo owes his life to, Primo Sanct Ennio.

Gia claims that the immortal holy leader Milo lives to serve is the same man who betrayed her and transformed her into a statue--and what Milo always believed was a miracle was actually a curse that Gia will stop at nothing to break. Even if she has to kill his followers to do it. Even if she must kill the boy who woke her.

Author: Leanne Schwartz
Publisher: Page Street YA
Published: 09/19/2023
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.70w x 1.90d
ISBN: 9781645678885
Age Range: 14-UP

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/10/2023
Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2023
Booklist 09/01/2023 pg. 86

About the Author
Leanne Schwartz is a Pitch Wars alum mentored by Alechia Dow and Sheena Boekweg. Formerly a teacher, Leanne believes in hard work, actively dismantling systems of oppression, and the power of singing along to show tunes. She lives in San Diego, California. A Prayer for Vengeance is her debut novel.