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Once Brothers
Once Brothers
Once Brothers
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Once Brothers

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Fans of Jay Bennett and S.E. Hinton will enjoy Once Brothers, award-winning author P.D. Workman’s poignant and powerful account of three urban teens struggling to find a place to belong inside and outside youth gangs. Their uncompromising, interconnecting stories of poverty, violence, and addiction will remind readers of all ages to cherish their families and friendships.

Jacob, fifteen and a loner, never thought he’d get mixed up with a gang.

Deke, older now, had sought the gang out for protection when he had no family of his own to rely upon.

And Sammy, only ten, pressed into service as a gang courier, is terrified of where his job with the gang will lead.

Three boys, each brothers, their lives all converging. Can they survive within their gangs? Without them?

By the author of Tattooed Teardrops, top fiction winner of the Top Ten Best Books for Teens 2016 literary award, this raw and heartbreaking story of abuse, loneliness, and hope will challenge you to look at your life in a different light.

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An easy-to-read portrait of urban gang life and the tough and trying bonds between family, friends, and brothers in arms.

Courage and strength tested to the core of life and death in this exhilarating story of three remarkable boys.

Praise for P.D. Workman

“Every single one of [P.D. Workman’s] books has spoken to me in ways no one or almost anything else has. And I have found strength in the books I've read."

"The way that P.D. Workman writes just flows amazingly and allows the reader to get really invested in a book."

LanguageEnglish
PublisherP.D. Workman
Release dateMar 31, 2016
ISBN9781926500591
Once Brothers
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P.D. Workman

P.D. Workman is a USA Today Bestselling author, winner of several awards from Library Services for Youth in Custody and the InD’tale Magazine’s Crowned Heart award. With over 100 published books, Workman is one of Canada’s most prolific authors. Her mystery/suspense/thriller and young adult books, include stand alones and these series: Auntie Clem's Bakery cozy mysteries, Reg Rawlins Psychic Investigator paranormal mysteries, Zachary Goldman Mysteries (PI), Kenzie Kirsch Medical Thrillers, Parks Pat Mysteries (police procedural), and YA series: Medical Kidnap Files, Tamara's Teardrops, Between the Cracks, and Breaking the Pattern.Workman has been praised for her realistic details, deep characterization, and sensitive handling of the serious social issues that appear in all of her stories, from light cozy mysteries through to darker, grittier young adult and mystery/suspense books.

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