Patron Saints of Nothing
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- Synopsis
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A powerful coming-of-age story about grief, guilt, and the risks a Filipino-American teenager takes to uncover the truth about his cousin's murder.
Jay Reguero plans to spend the last semester of his senior year playing video games before heading to the University of Michigan in the fall.
But when he discovers that his Filipino cousin Jun was murdered as part of President Duterte's war on drugs, and no one in the family wants to talk about what happened, Jay travels to the Philippines to find out the real story.
Hoping to uncover more about Jun and the events that led to his death, Jay is forced to reckon with the many sides of his cousin before he can face the whole horrible truth -- and the part he played in it.
As gripping as it is lyrical, Patron Saints of Nothing is a page-turning portrayal of the struggle to reconcile faith, family, and immigrant identity.
- Copyright:
- 2019
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9780525554936
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780525554912
- Publisher:
- Penguin Young Readers Group
- Date of Addition:
- 06/18/19
- Copyrighted By:
- Randy Ribay.
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Teens, Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers, Parenting and Family
- Grade Levels:
- Ninth grade
- Reading Age:
- 14–16
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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- in National Book Awards 2019
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- in Publisher Weekly's Best Young Adult Books
- in Sequoyah Book Awards Masterlist 2021
- in YA Reads with POC Leads