A Winnipeg Free Press Bestseller! In the Margins Book Award, Top Ten Selection CCBCs Best Books for Kids & Teens (Fall 2017) SelectionClose as brothers, Jakubs and Lincolns 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 its his chance for a better life. But it means leaving Lincoln and the neighbourhood he calls home. While Jakubs future is looking bright, Lincolns gets shady as he is lured into his brothers 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.

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book features in the following series: Hannah Smart, On the Other Side .

This book has been graded for interest at 12-15 years.

There are 240 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2017 by Dundurn Group Ltd .

Colleen Nelson is a teacher and award-winning YA author whose previous novels include Blood Brothers and Sadia . She lives in Winnipeg.