# Promise Boys

**Author:** Nick Brooks
**Grade range:** Grades 3–10
**First published:** 2023
**Page count:** 277
**Genre:** Children's
**ISBN-13:** `9781250866967`
**ISBN-10:** `1250866960`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/promise-boys
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

Promise Boys is a blockbuster, dark academia mystery about three teens of color who must investigate their principal’s murder to clear their own names. This page-turning thriller is perfect for fans of Karen McManus, Jason Reynolds, Angie Thomas, and Holly Jackson. "Thrilling, captivating, and blade-sharp." —Karen M. McManus, #1 New York Times bestselling author of One of Us Is Lying The prestigious Urban Promise Prep school might look pristine on the outside, but deadly secrets lurk within. When the principal ends up murdered on school premises and the cops come sniffing around, a trio of students—J.B., Ramón, and Trey—emerge as the prime suspects. They had the means, they had the motive . . . and they may have had the murder weapon. But with all three maintaining their innocence, they mu

## Where this book is assigned

### Odyssey Award (Best Audiobook)

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