From Blood: Two Brothers

by Keith Gray

When Chris and Paul seal their friendship by becoming blood brothers, are they ready for the consequences?

128 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

Keith Gray grew up in and around Grimsby and Cleethorpes on the east coast of England and decided he'd better take his writing ambition seriously after achieving 0% in his accountancy exams. His debut, 'Creepers', was published when he was only 24 and was shortlisted for the Guardian Fiction Prize. Since then his books have either won or been shortlisted for awards all over the world including the Sankei Cultural Publishing Prize of Japan, the American Library Association Best Books (YA) and the Booktrust Teenage Prize. In the UK his bestselling novel 'Ostrich Boys' was shortlisted for the prestigious CILIP Carnegie Medal, the Costa Children's Book Award and won the Scottish Children's Book Awards, and has been adapted for the stage. Keith has been a reviewer for both the Guardian and Scotsman newspapers. In 2017 he moved to live in Vienna, Austria, with his partner, their daughter and a parrot called Bellamy. Keith is a co-founder of Sunday Writers’ Club.

Reviews

[Adele · Rating 2 out of 5]

The concept was intriguing, but the execution was disappointing. It is probably realistic that two ordinary teenage boys who suddenly found themselves able to communicate with each other via telepathy will spend some time goofing around with the ability and then use it to coordinate picking up girls, but it doesn't make for particularly interesting reading. Then the ending was incredibly disappointing. I'm pretty sure this was not supposed to be the take-away, but I was left with the main character was a pathogen in his best friend and needed to be expelled?