![]() ![]() We eat, we play music, and we talk and laugh and tell stories about the dead. We bring blankets, candles, food, drink, guitars and so on and spend the day at the tombs of our loved ones. Do you celebrate this day in the United States? Almost all Filipinos have this day off. Today is All Saints Day in the Philippines. 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 truthand the part he played in it. Jay travels to the Philippines to find out the real story. But when he discovers that his Filipino cousin Jon was murdered as part of President Dutertes war on drugs, and no one in the family wants to talk about what happened. ![]() Joe Reguero plans to spend the last semester of his senior year playing video games before heading to the University of Michigan in the fall. This is a National Book Award Finalist, a powerful coming-of-age story about grief, guilt, and the risks a Filipino American teenager takes to uncover the truth about his cousins murder. ![]()
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