{"product_id":"9781988390024","title":"Once Brothers","description":"\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\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJacob, fifteen and a loner, never thought he’d get mixed up with a gang.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\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\u003e\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\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree boys, each brothers, their lives all converging. Can they survive within their gangs? Without them?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\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\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for Once Brothers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\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\u003e\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\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for P.D. Workman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\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\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\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"P.D. Workman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47040884146416,"sku":"9781988390024","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781988390024_p0.jpg?v=1763673205","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781988390024","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}