Back To ListBlood BrothersByColleen NelsonPublished February 2017Paperback$ 14.99Paperback$ 14.99ePub$ 9.99 Add to CartShop LocalDescriptionA Winnipeg Free Press Bestseller! • In the Margins Book Award, Top Ten Selection • CCBC’s Best Books for Kids & Teens (Fall 2017) SelectionClose as brothers, Jakub’s and Lincoln’s lives diverge when Jakub gets a private school scholarship and Lincoln is lured into a gang.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.Of Related InterestHarry FlammableFrank O'KeeffeOld ManDavid A. PoulsenSomething WikiSuzanne SutherlandFinding HopeColleen NelsonSadiaColleen NelsonReviews Readers ... will be rewarded with an aptly dark ending that gives the book extra emotional weight.School Library JournalNelson 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.BooklistA smartly plotted examination of the despair that keeps people in their places and the hope that pulls them out of it.Kirkus ReviewsThis is [Nelson’s] most serious novel so far and one that deserves acclaim.Winnipeg Free PressBlood Brothers will have huge appeal to both male and female young adult readers … Thought-provoking yet entertaining.Canadian MaterialsFor 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.Can Lit for Little CanadiansNelson’s gritty new novel…skillfully explores moral dilemmas and difficult decisions.Canadian Children's Book NewsPreviousNextContributorsColleen NelsonColleen Nelson is a teacher and and an award-winning YA author whose novels include Sadia, Blood Brothers, and Finding Hope. She lives in Winnipeg.View Author Page Book DetailsPaperbackFebruary 20175x8 in240 pp9781459737464ePubFebruary 2017-240 pp9781459737471ePubFebruary 2017-240 pp9781459737488