Author: Randy Ribay
Publication Date: 27th June 2019 by Stripes
Format: ARC via Netgalley (352 pages)
Target Audience: Young Adult
Genre: Contemporary
Links: Goodreads, Amazon, Book Depository, Waterstones
Trigger and content warnings: Grief, references to sex trafficking, references to sexual abuse, drugs and addiction.
Rep: Filipino-American Own Voices, lesbian side character.
Synopsis
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.
