Promise Boys

Thrilling, captivating, and blade-sharp. Promise Boys will stay with you long after the last page. – Karen M. McManus, #1 New York Times bestselling author of One of Us Is Lying
The path to manhood has never felt more ominous than it does in Promise Boys. I was at the edge of my seat trying to figure out if I was reading a story about boys becoming men or boys becoming killers—you will be too. A brilliant pulls-no-punches mystery with bruised hearts at its core. – Adam Silvera, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of They Both Die at the End
There’s nothing like a book that manages to flawlessly thread subtle social commentary through a propulsive plot carried by complex characters. Promise Boys does that ten times over, and I can’t wait to see this expertly crafted mystery take the world over… while teaching us a thing or two about what it means to be a boy of color in 21st century America. – Nic Stone, New York Times-bestselling author of Dear Martin
“Nothing short of astounding. Promise Boys is a spellbinding, propulsive mystery while simultaneously presenting a searing critique of structural injustice, viewed through the eyes of the young men who live with it. I recommend it to anyone who loves books or doesn’t,” – Jeff Zentner, award-winning author of The Serpent King and In the Wild Light
Promise Boys is an edge-of-your-seats, street-smart, exploding-with-talent novel. Three young men fight to overcome the way the world looks at them and become each other’s hope in the process. – Francisco X. Stork, author of On the Hook
Editor’s Choice - Both an astonishingly tense thriller as well as a critique of the charter school system * The Bookseller *
If there is a book to fall in love with next year I promise you that it’s Promise Boys by Nick Brooks. A YA Thriller, three Black and Brown boys as the protagonists, a page-turner and the voice of every character is brilliant. – Abiola Bello * Author of the Emily Knight series and The Very Merry Murder Club *
This smart, tense thriller takes a sharp look at how American society treats boys of colour. – Fiona Noble * The Guardian *
An explosive YA novel that finds three students at a super strict prep school being investigated for the murder of the institution’s principal. * Cosmopolitan *

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.

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