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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., 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.
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.
'Thrilling . . . Promise Boys will stay with you long after the last page' – Karen M. McManus, author of One of Us Is Lying
Nick Brooks is an author and award-winning filmmaker from Washington, DC. He is a 2020
graduate of USC's TV and Film Production program. His short film, Hoop Dreamin', earned him
the George Lucas Scholar Award and was a finalist in the Forbes 30 Under 30 Film Fest. He is
currently in development for his first feature film, We Were Born Kings, with Mandalay Pictures.
Before becoming a filmmaker, Nick was an educator working with at-risk youth and many of his
stories are colored by his experiences with the children and families of his community. Jason Reynolds meets Karen McManus in this commercial blockbuster YA mystery thriller that follows three boys at a Washington DC charter school who are forced to investigate their principal's murder in a high-stakes twenty-four hour period, in order to clear their own names.
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.
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.
'Thrilling . . . Promise Boys will stay with you long after the last page' – Karen M. McManus, author of One of Us Is Lying
Nick Brooks is an author and award-winning filmmaker from Washington, DC. He is a 2020
graduate of USC's TV and Film Production program. His short film, Hoop Dreamin', earned him
the George Lucas Scholar Award and was a finalist in the Forbes 30 Under 30 Film Fest. He is
currently in development for his first feature film, We Were Born Kings, with Mandalay Pictures.
Before becoming a filmmaker, Nick was an educator working with at-risk youth and many of his
stories are colored by his experiences with the children and families of his community. Jason Reynolds meets Karen McManus in this commercial blockbuster YA mystery thriller that follows three boys at a Washington DC charter school who are forced to investigate their principal's murder in a high-stakes twenty-four hour period, in order to clear their own names.
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Skilled vocal performances from more than a dozen narrators immerse listeners in a schoolyard murder mystery involving race, wealth, and power. When the dictatorial principal of the all-boys Promise Preparatory School is shot, three students are pegged for the murder. But J.B., Trey, and Ram�n are innocent--and determined to prove it. With the help of J.B.'s girlfriend, a future lawyer, and Ram�n'
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