The Nickel Boys

In this Pulitzer Prize-winning, New York Times bestselling follow-up to The Underground Railroad, Colson Whitehead brilliantly dramatizes another strand of American history through the story of two boys unjustly sentenced to a hellish reform school in Jim Crow-era Florida.

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Anonymous
Jan 14, 2025
8/10 stars
Beautifully written. I really appreciate Colson Whitehead’s writing and I appreciate that this novel gives perspective on the civil right’s movement.
hessajoseph
Jun 13, 2025
10/10 stars
The Nickel Boys is a devastating and haunting book about injustice and institutional abuse. For those interested in themes of serious social significance, lawassignmenthelper.co.uk may provide additional valuable perspectives and also useful legal implications in depth.
Cortese
Jan 28, 2025
9/10 stars
So powerful. One of my new fave writers.
Roxanne_Debris
Jan 04, 2025
10/10 stars
This book punched me in the gut. Gave me the ol 1, 2. Just when I recovered that ending knocked me flat again.
stackedlibrarian
Dec 11, 2024
8/10 stars
A slim volume that’s a punch to the gut. Devastating.

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