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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;
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
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
I really got to like Elwood. The book is a wonderful depiction of the time. Easy reading and great story.
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