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?---from the publisher
304 pages 978-1250866974 Ages 14 and up
Keywords: high school, murder, police, mystery and detective, prejudice and racism, thriller, African American and Black stories, diversity, diverse books, 14 year old, 15 year old, 16 year old, 17 year old
Editor's note: Implied sex but not descriptive