TY  - BOOK
AU  - Brooks,Nick
TI  - Promise boys
SN  - 9781250866974
PY  - 2023///
CY  - New York
PB  - Henry Holt and Company
KW  - Preparatory schools
KW  - Fiction
KW  - High school students
KW  - Murder
KW  - Schools
KW  - African Americans
KW  - Hispanic Americans
KW  - Young adult fiction
KW  - Detective and mystery fiction
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Thrillers (Fiction)
KW  - School fiction
KW  - Novels
N1  - Ages 14-18; Henry Holt Books for Young Readers; Grades 10-12; Henry Holt Books for Young Readers
N2  - J.B., Ramón, and Trey, students of the Urban Promise Prep School, must follow the school's strict rules, but when their principal is murdered, the three boys must band together to track down the real killer before they are arrested; The Urban Promise Prep School vows to turn boys into men. As students, J.B., Ramón, and Trey are forced to follow the prestigious program's strict rules. Extreme discipline, they've been told, is what it takes to be college bound, to avoid the fates of many men in their neighborhoods. This, the Principal Moore Method, supposedly saves lives. When Moore ends up murdered, the trio emerges as the case's prime suspects. All three maintain their innocence, and they band together to track down the real killer before they are arrested. But is the true culprit hiding among them? -- adapted from jacket
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