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Henry Holt and Company
February 2023
On Sale: January 31, 2023
Featuring: J.B.; RamΓ³n; Trey
400 pages
ISBN: 1250866979
EAN: 9781250866974
Kindle: B0B1Y77SXW
Hardcover / e-Book
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Young Adult
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 exquisitely taut 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.
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