The Nickel Boys (Winner 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction): 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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Published Jun 30, 2020

224 pages

Average rating: 8.19

588 RATINGS

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K Olson
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.
Norfolk bloke
Jul 29, 2025
3/10 stars
Crap
Nigel Thornberry
Jul 08, 2025
6/10 stars
Started well, but lost its way.
hessajoseph
Jun 13, 2025
10/10 stars
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Cortese
Jan 28, 2025
9/10 stars
So powerful. One of my new fave writers.

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