Patron Saints of Nothing
“Narrator Ramón de Ocampo expresses the many emotional shifts of Jay Reguero…De Ocampo enacts the gripping tension of President Duterte’s power, Jun’s father’s support of the regime, and family schisms. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.”
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Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award
Finalist for the 2020 Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Book
A National Book Award Finalist
An NPR Best Book of the Year
Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2019
One of Kirkus Reviews’ Best Books of the Year
A Junior Library Guild Selection in Audio
A New York Public Library Best Book of the Year
Among shortlisted titles for Los Angeles Times Book Prize, 2019
Among shortlisted titles for National Book Award Finalist, 2019
Among shortlisted titles for Los Angeles Times Book Prize, 2019
Among shortlisted titles for National Book Award Finalist, 2019
Among shortlisted titles for Los Angeles Times Book Prize, 2019
Among shortlisted titles for National Book Award Finalist, 2019
A Kirkus Reviews Best Young Adult Book of the Century
"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
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.
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