Patron Saints of Nothing

A NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST "Brilliant, honest, and equal parts heartbreaking and soul-healing." --Laurie Halse Anderson, author of SHOUT "A singular voice in the world of literature." --Jason Reynolds, author of Long Way Down 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.

Product details

• Authors: Randy Ribay, Ribay Randy
• Publisher: Penguin Young Readers US
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 14
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2019
• EAN: 9780525554912
• ISBN: 978-0-525-55491-2
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 149 mm x 217 mm x 29 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; Asia, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Mysteries & Detective Stories, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Law & Crime, People & places (Children's / Teenage), General fiction (Children's / Teenage), Work & industry / world of work (Children's / Teenage), Family & home stories (Children's / Teenage), Crime & mystery fiction (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Crime and mystery fiction, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Places and peoples, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Family / General, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Law, police and crime, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Places / General, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Places / Asia