Patron Saints of Nothing
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Narrated by:
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Ramón de Ocampo
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Written by:
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Randy Ribay
About this listen
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 pause-resisting portrayal of the struggle to reconcile faith, family, and immigrant identity.
©2019 Randy Ribay (P)2019 Listening LibraryWhat the critics say
A National Book Award Finalist
An NPR Best Book of the Year
An NBC News Best Asian American Young Adult Book of the Year
A Paste Best Young Adult Book of the Year
A New York Public Library Top 10 Best Book of the Year
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year
A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year
A USA Today Best Book of the Year So Far
A Raleigh News & Observer Best Book of the Year
An Amazon Best Book of the Year
A Junior Library Guild audio selection
National Consortium for Teaching about Asia (NCTA) Freeman Book Award Winner
An L.A. Times Book Award Nominee
"Passionately and fearlessly, Ribay delves into matters of justice, grief, and identity." (Publishers Weekly, starred review)
"A perfect convergence of authentic voice and an emphasis on inner dialogue." (School Library Journal, starred review)
"Powerful and courageous." (Kirkus Reviews, starred review)
What listeners say about Patron Saints of Nothing
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- Jamie @ Books and Ladders
- 2022-09-20
Highly Recommend!
There were a lot of really good things about this novel, including the characters, the setting, and the obvious emotion that went into writing it. I fully connected to our main character, even though we don't share any similarities, which is a true testament to Ribay's writing ability.
A beautiful, powerful story about learning about yourself, your heritage, and the past to move forward into the present and the future. It explored themes of guilt and family in a way that I rarely see in fiction, especially Young Adult fiction. I was enthralled in this story once I got into it (about 15%). I thought it was truly incredible - and it evoked so many emotions, especially the ending.
It intertwined the political atmosphere so flawlessly and I appreciated those details mixed in with the understanding of how that impacts a family. I have mixed feelings about whether the way that Jun's murder happened was justified in the context of the story, but I did think that it worked in the moment.
This is an important book that showcases the life of an immigrant, especially one trying to find their way in their own culture, while highlighting the political aspects of the war on drugs in the Philippines. I appreciated learning from a perspective of impact and "victimhood" to see what people perceive to be the issue for themselves.
However, I thought that the quasi-romance was squished in there (and unnecessary) and that the beginning was a little too slow for my liking, which is why I'm only rating this one four stars. It felt like the "romance" was an afterthought and something put into the story because it would appeal to the reader, but it just felt forced.
I really enjoyed this one. I loved reading it and I definitely cried at the end which means that overall I highly recommend it!
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- Abhishek Rungta
- 2023-05-14
Enticing story
The plot was very engaging and very good way to learn more about the Philippines
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- Anonymous User
- 2024-10-03
Absolutely excellent
This is a fantastic book that I will be thinking about for a while. It has a way of making me stop and actually think about privilege and perspective in a way that didn’t feel in-your-face
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