![]() However, the news of the death of a cousin his age, Jun, who lives in the Philippines, disturbs Jay in ways he cannot explain. His acceptance at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor to study how to design video games does little to excite him. ![]() His father, a first-generation Filipino immigrant, believes in the promise of his adopted country and in the importance of hard work. Jay, by his own admission, lacks the initiative and drive of his friends and older siblings. ![]() Jason Reguero, the novel’s first-person narrator, is just months from graduating high school. ![]() This study guide refers to the 2019 Penguin paperback edition. The book, shortlisted for the National Book Award for Young Adult Fiction, was awarded the Freeman Book Award, which is presented annually by an organization of Los Angeles educators to recognize the best achievement in young adult fiction depicting Asian culture. Ribay uses the backdrop of the conservative Catholic island nation to argue for the compassionate treatment of drug addicts as well as the civil rights of gays and lesbians. ![]() The book was praised for its unblinking realism. In Saints, a high school senior named Jason Reguero, a Filipino American and a misfit drifting toward college, reclaims his cultural identity during a two-week trip to the Philippines for answers about the mysterious death of a cousin who Jason suspects became a victim of the government’s brutal drug crackdown. ![]()
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