A Winnipeg Free Press Bestseller! * In the Margins Book Award, Top Ten Selection * CCBC's Best Books for Kids & Teens (Fall 2017) Selection
Close 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.

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards. It was recognised by the Mcnally Robinson Book for Young People Award. It was recognised in the YA category by the High Plains Book Award. It also was recognised in the Best Books for Kids & Teens category by the Canadian Children's Book Centre Awards. It was recognised in the Top Ten List category by the In the Margins Book Award. Also it was recognised by the Dewey Diva and the Dudes.

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

There are 240 pages in this book. This book was published 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.