Reality is Harsh

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Jay is perfectly happy being a perfectly normal high school student in America until he finds out that his cousin and former pen pal in the Philippines has been killed, supposedly because he was doing drugs. Suddenly the harshness of the world has interfered and Jay realizes he doesn't want to ignore the world of Duterte, the world of injustice and sit around and do nothing. So off he goes back to the Philippines over spring break of his senior year of high school to try and find out if Juh really did spin out of control, and to add his voice to those campaigning for justice. This book is really powerful, and confronts the fact that there are teenagers out there dealing with issues bigger than who to ask to prom. It is very current, so it would be interesting to see how it reads in the future.