# 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.

## Where this book is assigned

### Battle of the Books (state reading programs)

- **recommended** · 9th grade · North Carolina — [source: NCSLMA High School Battle of the Books — official 2026-2027 list](https://ncslma.wildapricot.org/resources/Documents/2026-2027%20BOB%20List.docx.pdf)
- **recommended** · 10th grade · North Carolina — [source: NCSLMA High School Battle of the Books — official 2026-2027 list](https://ncslma.wildapricot.org/resources/Documents/2026-2027%20BOB%20List.docx.pdf)

### Odyssey Award (Best Audiobook)

- **recommended** · 3rd grade — [source: Odyssey Award (best audiobook) winners + honors, via Wikipedia — 2024 Winner (Young Adults)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odyssey_Award)
- **recommended** · 4th grade — [source: Odyssey Award (best audiobook) winners + honors, via Wikipedia — 2024 Winner (Young Adults)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odyssey_Award)
- **recommended** · 5th grade — [source: Odyssey Award (best audiobook) winners + honors, via Wikipedia — 2024 Winner (Young Adults)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odyssey_Award)
- **recommended** · 6th grade — [source: Odyssey Award (best audiobook) winners + honors, via Wikipedia — 2024 Winner (Young Adults)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odyssey_Award)
- **recommended** · 7th grade — [source: Odyssey Award (best audiobook) winners + honors, via Wikipedia — 2024 Winner (Young Adults)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odyssey_Award)
- **recommended** · 8th grade — [source: Odyssey Award (best audiobook) winners + honors, via Wikipedia — 2024 Winner (Young Adults)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odyssey_Award)
- **recommended** · 9th grade — [source: Odyssey Award (best audiobook) winners + honors, via Wikipedia — 2024 Winner (Young Adults)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odyssey_Award)
- **recommended** · 10th grade — [source: Odyssey Award (best audiobook) winners + honors, via Wikipedia — 2024 Winner (Young Adults)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odyssey_Award)

### South Carolina Young Adult Book Award

- **recommended** · 9th grade · South Carolina — [source: South Carolina Young Adult Book Award (South Carolina Association of School Librarians) — 2025-2026 nominees, grades 9-12; SC students read the slate and vote. Nominee list via the SC State Library StudySC portal + SCASL. — 2025-2026 nominee](https://www.scasl.net/young-adult-book-award)
- **recommended** · 10th grade · South Carolina — [source: South Carolina Young Adult Book Award (South Carolina Association of School Librarians) — 2025-2026 nominees, grades 9-12; SC students read the slate and vote. Nominee list via the SC State Library StudySC portal + SCASL. — 2025-2026 nominee](https://www.scasl.net/young-adult-book-award)

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