Patron Saints of Nothing

Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay

Goodreads Summary: "A coming-of-age story about grief, guilt, and the risks a Filipino-American teenager takes to uncover the truth about his cousin's murder."

Mrs. P Summary: Jay Reguero thinks of himself as a typical American kid - his mom in a doctor, his father is a nurse, and he spends him time thinking about video games and making it through senior year before going to college. So when he learns that his favorite cousin is dead, and no one will tell him what happened, he travels to the Phillipines to find out for himself. Along the way he learns just how truly sheltered he is in the United States and how nothing is really as simple as it seems. I cried my eyes out! 

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Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary, Realistic Fiction

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