![]() ![]() ![]() He is the author of After the Shot Drops and An Infinite Number of Parallel. 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.Īs gripping as it is lyrical, Patron Saints of Nothing is a page-turning portrayal of the struggle to reconcile faith, family, and immigrant identity. Randy Ribay was born in the Philippines and raised in the Midwest. 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. ![]() 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. Jason Reynolds, author of Long Way DownĪ 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. My conscious brain might not remember, but something in me does. The foods your nose first smells and your tongue first tastes. ![]() Laurie Halse Anderson, author of SHOUTĪ singular voice in the world of literature. Narrator Ramn de Ocampo expresses the many emotional shifts of Jay Reguero. Randy Ribay, Patron Saints of Nothing 0 likes Like Surely the air your lungs first breathe matters. Suspense, Young Adult Fiction, Young Adult Literatureīrilliant, honest, and equal parts heartbreaking and soul-healing. ![]()
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