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The Nickel boys : a novel
Title:
The Nickel boys : a novel
Summary:
1960s Florida. Kept on the straight and narrow by his grandmother, Elwood Curtis is about to enroll in the local black college. But for a black boy in the Jim Crow South, one mistake is enough to destroy the future. He 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 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." He meets Turner, who knows that the world is crooked, and that the only way to survive is to scheme and avoid trouble. A decision creates repercussions that will echo down the decades.
General Note:
Title from web page.

Compact discs.
Edition:
Unabridged.
Physical Description:
6 audio discs (7 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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Author(s):
Publisher:
Books on Tape ; Random House Audio,
Publication Date:
2019
ISBN:
9781984891396

9781984891372
Publication Information:
[Westminster, Md.] : Books on Tape ; [New York] : Random House Audio, [2019]

â„—2019
Award Note:
Pulitzer Prize Winner, 2020.
Call Number:
CDB WHITEHE
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