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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.
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“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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“A perfect convergence of authentic voice and an emphasis on inner dialogue around equity, purpose, and reclaiming one’s lost cultural identity.”
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Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award
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Finalist for the 2020 Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Book
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A National Book Award Finalist
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An NPR Best Book of the Year
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Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize
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A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2019
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One of Kirkus Reviews’ Best Books of the Year
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A Junior Library Guild Selection in Audio
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A New York Public Library Best Book of the Year
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About Randy Ribay
Randy Ribay is an award-winning writer of young adult fiction including The Reckoning of Roku, The Awakening of Roku, and Patron Saints of Nothing, which won the Freeman Book Award and was a finalist for the National Book Award and LA Times Book Prize. He also contributed to the Printz Award–winning anthology The Collectors edited by A.S. King. His other novels include Everything We Never Had, After the Shot Drops, and An Infinite Number of Parallel Universes. Born in the Philippines and raised in the Midwest, Randy earned his BA in English literature from the University of Colorado at Boulder and his EdM in language and literacy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife, son, and catlike dog.
About Ramón de Ocampo
Ramón de Ocampo, an Earphones Award-winning narrator, was a cowinner in 2018 of the Audie Award for Best Multi-Voiced Performance. A graduate of the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama, he has been seen on television, film, and stages all over the world, including recurring roles on such television shows as The West Wing, 12 Monkeys, Sons of Anarchy, and Medium. He is the winner of a prestigious Obie Award for his stage work.