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The Nickel Boys
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Laetitia
Apr 21, 2020 rated it really liked it
This book was recommended to me by a fellow book lover and I am glad for it. Unfortunately, I have yet to read Colson Whitehead’s more famous book, The Underground Railroad. I will get there eventually!

This is a coming of age story that sheds light on an institution that has been forgotten within the frameworks of contemporary history and the various formal and informal structures formed in the aftermath of slavery. Within this book, we learn of the reformatory schools that were popular starting
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Brodie
Nov 19, 2021 rated it really liked it
Great storytelling and I really enjoyed the author connecting current perspective from a future character the was and reflected in the experience. Ultimately a story about redemption that occurs despite the reform school, not because of it.
Yuk
Jun 25, 2020 rated it it was amazing
Amazing historical fiction. Heartbreaking story.
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