This is a powerful coming of age book about a boy taken from is heritage when he was a baby, only to start questioning it again in his teens after the policia in the Philippines kill his cousin over drugs. Jay just doesn't understand, so he gets his parents to send to to his aunt and uncles under false pretenses for a visit so he can investigate without anyone's knowledge what really happened to his cousin. But what he finds might not be what really wants to know.
This is a powerful book in many diverse ways, not just Jay's coming of age, but how Jay is also coming to terms with his Filipino side and the side that kind of ditched his cousin Jun when he might have needed him most, not to mention the social injustices going on in the Philippines right now. The characters and the plot are so good in this story, not to mention the action and suspense, you won't want to put this book down.
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