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Heartbreaking novel based on a real life ‘school’ for boys. Boys, both black and white, were abused, beaten, traumatized. Some survived, some didn’t. A gripping story that is hard to put down, but also devastating to read. A must-read, a painful look at the past and present.
AUTHOR Whitehead, Colson
TITLE The Nickel Boys
DATE READ 05/16/20
RATING 4/B
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GENRE/ PUB DATE/PUBLISHER / # OF Fiction/2019/audio - cd / 6 CD's
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CHALLENGE Good Reads 2020 Reading Goal 94/120;
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TIME/PLACE FL/1960's
CHARACTERS Elwood Curtis
COMMENTS Based on real reform school in Northern FL -- The Nickel Academy is a juvenile reform school that claims to be an institution that will transform delinquent boys into honorable men. Far from reality these bo ...more
TITLE The Nickel Boys
DATE READ 05/16/20
RATING 4/B
FIRST SENTENCE
GENRE/ PUB DATE/PUBLISHER / # OF Fiction/2019/audio - cd / 6 CD's
SERIES/STAND-ALONE SA
CHALLENGE Good Reads 2020 Reading Goal 94/120;
GROUP READ RCR
TIME/PLACE FL/1960's
CHARACTERS Elwood Curtis
COMMENTS Based on real reform school in Northern FL -- The Nickel Academy is a juvenile reform school that claims to be an institution that will transform delinquent boys into honorable men. Far from reality these bo ...more
Not as powerful as The Underground Railroad, but masterful as always. A historical fiction based on a true story about a reformed school in Florida and how for years it became an embodiment of terror and nightmare for the boys there, especially the Black ones.
I do hope that Colson Whitehead will write a bit longer here, so we can feel really connected with both Elwood and Turner, just like we did with Cora from Underground Railroad. Sadly, the book is too short in my opinion, although you can st ...more
I do hope that Colson Whitehead will write a bit longer here, so we can feel really connected with both Elwood and Turner, just like we did with Cora from Underground Railroad. Sadly, the book is too short in my opinion, although you can st ...more
I really got to like Elwood. The book is a wonderful depiction of the time. Easy reading and great story.
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