Direct, honest language and raw emotions will grab readers by the heart. 2008 Horn Book Guide Reviews

Clay Gardener, respected hospital employee and loyal but conflicted friend, joins the ranks of veteran, engaging young adult characters such as Chris Crutcher’s Louie Banks and S. E. Hinton’s PonyBoy . . .This reviewer cannot wait for the writers next effort.
VOYA—5Q 4P

This compelling story, told in diary entries that cover hours and days, never loses the pace as Clay races to discover what happened during Joey's lasy day. The antidrug message is never didactic, and the story will grab readers from the first sentence. Kirkus

Harazin’s painfully precise writing dissects the hospital’s stingingly sterile, evenhanded distribution of life and death, as well as Clay’s disjointed life, which is stunted by small rations of parental care and money. It is Joey’s tenuous grip on life, and Clay’s deep bond with him, that will keep readers’ hearts racing. SLJ 

Gripping and raw, BLOOD BROTHERS is a page-turning novel that grabs you by the heart and won't let go.
Gail Giles, author of What Happened to Cass McBride and Playing in Traffic

BLOOD BROTHERS is an inspiring story of love, strength, and sacrifice. The relationship between close-as-brothers Clay and Joey will break your heart and heal it, all at once.
Nancy Werlin, National Book Award finalist, author of The Rules of Survival and Locked Inside

S. A. Harazin has written a terrific novel of friendship, family, longing and belonging in BLOOD BROTHERS.
Teri Lesesne, goddess of young adult literature. Website