The Nickel Boys | search
Click here to view The Nickel Boys news from 60+ newspapers.
Bookmark or Share- The Nickel Boys: Study Guide - SparkNotesThe Nickel Boys is a novel written by Colson Whitehead, published in 2019. Set in the 1960s, the story unfolds in the fictional Nickel Academy, a reform school in Florida. The novel follows the life of Elwood Curtis, an Black teenager who, despite his aspirations for a brighter future, finds himself at Nickel Academy after a misunderstanding.
- The Nickel Boys - WikipediaThe Nickel Boys is a 2019 novel by American novelist Colson Whitehead. It is based on the historic Dozier School, a reform school in Florida that operated for 111 years and was revealed as highly abusive.
- The Nickel Boys: Full Book Summary - SparkNotesA short summary of Colson Whitehead's The Nickel Boys. This free synopsis covers all the crucial plot points of The Nickel Boys.
- The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead - GoodreadsThe Nickel Boys is a fictionalized version of the Dozier School for Boys, i.e. Nickel Academy, which closed in 2011. The beatings, rapes, torture, and even murder of students took place in our recent past.
- 'The Nickel Boys' Review: Colson Whitehead's Great American Novel - NPRColson Whitehead's deeply affecting new novel is based on the true story of a segregated reform school in Florida where African American boys were brutalized and...
More
