The Nickel Boys: A Novel

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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224 pages

Average rating: 8.18

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Cortese
Jan 28, 2025
9/10 stars
So powerful. One of my new fave writers.
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.
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.
Barbara ~
Dec 11, 2024
8/10 stars
To find out that this is based on a real story of a reform school for the juvenile is betting heartbreaking and appalling. The ending leaves me wanting to know more about the boy who's now a man with his own business.

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