Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay book talk FAST, NO SPOILERS BOOK TALK!
Channel: LSN Library
Date: 2020-04-21

Shortlisted for the 2021/2022 Missouri Gateway Readers Award! FAST, NO SPOILERS BOOK TALK!

A librarian at Lee's Summit North High School does a book talk from home during the quarantine in the spring of 2020 over Randy Ribay's young adult novel, Patron Saints of Nothing. The novel is about a young man from Michigan, Jay, who is in his senior year of high school when he hears his cousin Jun in the Philippines has died. Jay spends his spring break in Manila trying to discover how Jun really died, as well as reconnecting with his father's culture. Readers might get their first glimpse of political topics like President Duterte's war on drugs, or a better sense of the history and culture of the Philippines as Jay works the mystery of his cousin's death.

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