Patron Saints of Nothing

Patron Saints of NothingA 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

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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 04/21/2020
ISBN: 9780525554929
Pages: 352
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.40w x 1.10d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 502466 / Patron Saints of Nothing
Reading Level: 5.3 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 12