The Nickel boys: a novel
(CD Unabridged)
Author:
Contributors:
Jackson, JD, narrator.
Published:
[Westminster, Maryland] : Books on Tape, [2019].
Format:
CD Unabridged
Edition:
Unabridged.
Physical Desc:
6 audio discs (approximately 7 hours) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Accelerated Reader:
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure:
HL: High-Low 940L
Status:
Superior Fiction Audiobooks
CD FIC WHI
Description
PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • This follow-up to The Underground Railroad 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. • "One of the most gifted novelists in America today." —NPR
When Elwood Curtis, a black boy growing up in 1960s Tallahassee, is unfairly sentenced to a juvenile reformatory called the Nickel Academy, he finds himself trapped in a grotesque chamber of horrors. Elwood’s only salvation is his friendship with fellow “delinquent” Turner, which deepens despite Turner’s conviction that Elwood is hopelessly naive, that the world is crooked, and that the only way to survive is to scheme and avoid trouble. As life at the Academy becomes ever more perilous, the tension between Elwood’s ideals and Turner’s skepticism leads to a decision whose repercussions will echo down the decades.
Based on the real story of a reform school that operated for 111 years and warped the lives of thousands of children, The Nickel Boys is a devastating, driven narrative that showcases a great American novelist writing at the height of his powers and “should further cement Whitehead as one of his generation's best" (Entertainment Weekly).
Look for Colson Whitehead’s new novel, Crook Manifesto, coming soon!
When Elwood Curtis, a black boy growing up in 1960s Tallahassee, is unfairly sentenced to a juvenile reformatory called the Nickel Academy, he finds himself trapped in a grotesque chamber of horrors. Elwood’s only salvation is his friendship with fellow “delinquent” Turner, which deepens despite Turner’s conviction that Elwood is hopelessly naive, that the world is crooked, and that the only way to survive is to scheme and avoid trouble. As life at the Academy becomes ever more perilous, the tension between Elwood’s ideals and Turner’s skepticism leads to a decision whose repercussions will echo down the decades.
Based on the real story of a reform school that operated for 111 years and warped the lives of thousands of children, The Nickel Boys is a devastating, driven narrative that showcases a great American novelist writing at the height of his powers and “should further cement Whitehead as one of his generation's best" (Entertainment Weekly).
Look for Colson Whitehead’s new novel, Crook Manifesto, coming soon!
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Abuse of administrative power -- Fiction.
African American boys -- Abuse of -- Fiction.
African American teenagers -- United States -- Fiction.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Fiction.
African Americans -- Segregation -- United States -- Fiction.
Black people.
Florida -- Fiction.
Frenchtown (Tallahassee, Fla.) -- Fiction.
Minorities.
Racism -- Fiction.
Racism -- United States -- Fiction.
Reformatories -- Florida -- Fiction.
Tallahassee (Fla.) -- Fiction.
African American boys -- Abuse of -- Fiction.
African American teenagers -- United States -- Fiction.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Fiction.
African Americans -- Segregation -- United States -- Fiction.
Black people.
Florida -- Fiction.
Frenchtown (Tallahassee, Fla.) -- Fiction.
Minorities.
Racism -- Fiction.
Racism -- United States -- Fiction.
Reformatories -- Florida -- Fiction.
Tallahassee (Fla.) -- Fiction.
More Details
Language:
English
ISBN:
1984891375, 1984891391, 9781984891372, 9781984891396
UPC:
9781984891372
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 6.5, 10 Points
Level 6.5, 10 Points
Lexile code:
HL: High-Low
Lexile measure:
940
Notes
General Note
Title from container.
General Note
Compact discs.
Participants/Performers
Read by the author (acknowledgments) and JD Jackson.
Description
"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 about to enroll in the local black college. But for a black boy in the Jim Crow South in the early 1960s, one innocent mistake is enough to destroy the future. Elwood is sentenced to a juvenile reformatory called The Nickel Academy... [It] is a grotesque chamber of horrors, where the sadistic staff beats and sexually abuses the students, and any boy who resists is likely to disappear "out back." Stunned to find himself in such a vicious environment, Elwood tries to hold on to 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 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 with repercussions that will echo down the decades."--Container.
Citations
APA Citation (style guide)
Whitehead, C., & Jackson, J. (2019). The Nickel boys: a novel. Unabridged. [Westminster, Maryland], Books on Tape.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Whitehead, Colson, 1969- and JD, Jackson. 2019. The Nickel Boys: A Novel. [Westminster, Maryland], Books on Tape.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Whitehead, Colson, 1969- and JD, Jackson, The Nickel Boys: A Novel. [Westminster, Maryland], Books on Tape, 2019.
MLA Citation (style guide)Whitehead, Colson and JD Jackson. The Nickel Boys: A Novel. Unabridged. [Westminster, Maryland], Books on Tape, 2019.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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