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Blood Brothers

February 4, 2017 | Young adult softcover
ISBN: 9781459737464
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Description




Fifteen-year-old Jakub Kaminsky is the son of Polish immigrants, a good Catholic boy, and a graffiti artist. While his father sleeps, Jakub and his best friend, Lincoln, sneak out with spray paint to make their mark as Morf and Skar.


When Jakub gets a scholarship to an elite private school, he knows it’s his chance for a better life. But it means leaving Lincoln and the neighbourhood he calls home.



While Jakub’s future is looking bright, Lincoln’s gets shady as he is lured into his brother’s gang. Jakub watches helplessly as Lincoln gets pulled deeper into the violent world of the Red Bloodz. The Red Bloodz find out Jakub knows more than he should about a murder and want him silenced — for good. Lincoln has to either save his friend, or embrace life as one of the Red Bloodz.

About this Author

Colleen Nelson is an award-winning teacher and author whose previous books include Finding Hope, The Fall, and Tori by Design. As the mother of two energetic boys, she does her writing in the early morning hours with a strong cup of coffee. This is Colleen's fifth YA novel. She lives in Winnipeg.

ISBN: 9781459737464
Format: Young adult softcover
Pages: 240
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Published: 2017-02-04

Reviews

Readers ... will be rewarded with an aptly dark ending that gives the book extra emotional weight.

Nelson crafts an engaging story about two boys struggling to survive ... Readers looking for a gritty story about true friendship and the consequences of one's actions will enjoy this offering.

A smartly plotted examination of the despair that keeps people in their places and the hope that pulls them out of it.

This is [Nelson's] most serious novel so far and one that deserves acclaim.

Blood Brothers will have huge appeal to both male and female young adult readers ... Thought-provoking yet entertaining.

For Jakub and Lincoln, whose voices Colleen Nelson asserts both honestly and compassionately through those strides and missteps, it's their brotherhood that walks with them, leaving its own footprints.

Nelson's gritty new novel...skillfully explores moral dilemmas and difficult decisions.

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