The nickel boys : a novel
(Book)
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Avon Free Library - Adult Fiction
FIC WHI
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FIC WHI
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Bloomfield Public Library - Adult Fiction
FIC Whitehead
1 available
FIC Whitehead
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Clifton Springs Library - Adult Fiction
Fic Whi
1 available
Fic Whi
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Avon Free Library - Adult Fiction | FIC WHI | Available |
Bloomfield Public Library - Adult Fiction | FIC Whitehead | Available |
Clifton Springs Library - Adult Fiction | Fic Whi | Available |
Clyde-Savannah Public Library - Adult Fiction | FIC Whitehead | Available |
Cordelia A. Greene Library - Castile - Adult Fiction | FIC WHITEHEAD | Available |
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Format
Book
Physical Desc
213 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
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"As the Civil Rights movement begins to reach the black enclave of Frenchtown in segregated Tallahassee, Elwood Curtis takes the words of Dr. Martin Luther King to heart: He is "as good as anyone." Elwood is sentenced to a juvenile reformatory called the Nickel Academy, whose mission statement says it provides "physical, intellectual and moral training" so the delinquent boys in their charge can become "honorable and honest men." In reality, the Nickel Academy is a grotesque chamber of horrors where the sadistic staff beats and sexually abuses the students, corrupt officials and locals steal food and supplies, and any boy who resists is likely to disappear "out back." Stunned to find himself in such a vicious environment, Elwood tries to hold onto Dr. King's ringing assertion "Throw us in jail and we will still love you." His friend Turner thinks Elwood is worse than naive, that the world is crooked, and that the only way to survive is to scheme and avoid trouble. The tension between Elwood's ideals and Turner's skepticism leads to a decision whose repercussions will echo down the decades. Formed in the crucible of the evils Jim Crow wrought, the boys' fates will be determined by what they endured at the Nickel Academy."--,from publisher.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Whitehead, C. (2019). The nickel boys: a novel (First edition.). Doubleday.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Whitehead, Colson, 1969-. 2019. The Nickel Boys: A Novel. New York: Doubleday.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Whitehead, Colson, 1969-. The Nickel Boys: A Novel New York: Doubleday, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Whitehead, Colson. The Nickel Boys: A Novel First edition., Doubleday, 2019.
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