Patron Saints of Nothing
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Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay
A NATIONAL BOK 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.Randy Ribay was born in the Philippines and raised in Michigan and Colorado. He is a graduate of the University of Colorado and the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where he specialized in language and literacy. He is the English Department Chair at an all-boys high school in Philadelphia, a reviewer for The Horn Book, and a nerd-of-all-trades. Randy lives in Camden, New Jersey with his wife and two dog-children. Visit his website at www.randyribay.com and find him on Twitter @randyribay.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780525554912 |
| ISBN 10 | 0525554912 |
| Title | Patron Saints of Nothing |
| Author | Randy Ribay |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Penguin Young Readers |
| Year published | 2019-06-18 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Los Angeles Times Book Prize 2019, Short-listed for National Book Award Finalist 2019 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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