Nick Brooks's Promise Boys is a trailblazing; blockbuster YA mystery about three teen boys of colour who must investigate their principal's murder to clear their own names. For fans of Angie Thomas; Jason Reynolds; and Karen McManus. The Urban Promise Prep School vows to turn boys into men. As students; J.B.; Ramon; 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. But when Moore ends up murdered and the cops come sniffing around; the trio emerges as the case's prime suspects. With all three maintaining their innocence; they must band together to track down the real killer before they are arrested. But is the true culprit hiding among them? This gripping thriller shines a glaring light on how the system too often condemns Black and Latinx teen boys to failure before they've even had a chance at success.