num_pages: 240
description: Without his job at the hospital, Clay would be lost. The hard work, the struggles of the patients, the drama in the ERÑit makes his days worth something, and gives focus to his dream of someday becoming a doctor. Clay can't afford to go away to college like the rest of his graduating senior class, but what other 17-year-old has delivered a baby or helped save a life?Still, Clay wishes his life could be more like his best friend Joey's. Joey has it all—a great family, a good college waiting for him at the end of the summer, money, a car. Clay has to bike everywhere, and the miles are starting to wear him down.But Joey's golden future shatters one day when he overdoses at a party. Now he's clinging to life at the hospital where Clay works, and Clay may even be implicated in Joey's injuries. Tension and emotion rise as those who love Joey gather and wait. Clay will do whatever he can to find out what happened at the party, and to help Joey recover. But to survive this ordeal Clay must draw on a strength he never knew he had.
language: English
title: Blood Brothers
titlecomplete: Blood Brothers
genres: Young Adult, Teen, Fiction, Contemporary, Realistic Fiction, Mystery
ratings_count: 256
awards: awardedAt: 1262332800000
name: South Carolina Book Award
category: Young Adult Book Award, awardedAt: 1230796800000
name: Alabama Author Award
category: Young Adult
publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers