{"product_id":"once-brothers-paperback","title":"Once Brothers - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eP. D. Workman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFans 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJacob, fifteen and a loner, never thought he'd get mixed up with a gang.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeke, older now, had sought the gang out for protection when he had no family of his own to rely upon.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnd Sammy, only ten, pressed into service as a gang courier, is terrified of where his job with the gang will lead.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThree boys, each brothers, their lives all converging. Can they survive within their gangs? Without them?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBy the author of Ruby, Between the Cracks, a winner of the Top Ten Best Books for Teens 2015 award, this raw and heartbreaking story of abuse, loneliness, and hope will challenge you to look at your life in a different light.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePraise for Once Brothers\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn easy-to-read portrait of urban gang life and the tough and trying bonds between family, friends, and brothers in arms.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCourage and strength tested to the core of life and death in this exhilarating story of three remarkable boys.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePraise for P.D. Workman\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The way that P.D. Workman writes just flows amazingly and allows the reader to get really invested in a book.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 424\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.86 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 13, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54091072897331,"sku":"9781988390024","price":31.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/l_sBU5njET9781988390024.webp?v=1789613252","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/once-brothers-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}