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HomeThe Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

  • The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

Robbed of a promising future by a false conviction, Ellwood’s hope—nurtured by the words of Dr. King—clashes with Turner’s cynicism as they seek survival, escape and justice at Nickel Academy reform school. Inspired by brutal revelations of racism and abuse suffered at the Dozier School for Boys in Jim Crow-era Florida, *unearths disturbing truths about entrenched, systemic oppression. His stunning and economic prose makes this harrowing novel a modern masterpiece.

  •  Last updated: September 8, 2023

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Colson Whitehead Biography

"Colson Whitehead was born in 1969, and was raised in Manhattan."

Colson Whitehead says he felt ‘very defeated’ after Nickel Boys, talks self-care

USA Today. "Colson Whitehead's The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys earned him multiple prestigious accolades, but it didn't come without a price."

Colson Whitehead wins the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Nickel Boys

Vox. "Colson Whitehead just became the fourth writer ever to win two Pulitzers for fiction."

LitLovers Discussion Questions – The Nickel Boys

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NPR Review: The Nickel Boys

"For The 'Nickel Boys,' Life Isn't Worth 5 Cents"

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The Guardian Review: The Nickel Boys

"The Underground Railroad author’s powerful new novel evokes the dark realities of a Florida reform school in the 60s"

The New York Times Review: The Nickel Boys

"In 'The Nickel Boys,' Colson Whitehead Depicts a Real-Live House of Horrors"

The Outrage Was So Large and So Secret: Colson Whitehead Talks Hope, Despair, and Fighting the Power in The Nickel Boys

Vanity Fair. "The Pulitzer Prize–winning author's new novel, inspired by the atrocities committed at Florida's Dozier School for Boys, lays bare America’s history of state-sanctioned violence."

Vox Review: The Nickel Boys

"Whitehead’s follow-up to his Pulitzer-winning Underground Railroad exhumes the unmarked graves of a hellish Florida reform school."

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