Book club set. The Nickel boys (11 copies)
Book |
Anchor Canada,
Toronto :
2020.
- 0 of 1 Copy Available at Libraries in Niagara Cooperative
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
| Branch | Call Number | Location | Holdable? | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rittenhouse - Vineland | Bk. Club FIC White c.1 | Book Club | Copy hold / Volume hold | Checked out |
About
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. -- adapted from jacket.
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Details
- ISBN: 9780385693981
- Physical Description: printregular print213 pages ; 22 cm.
- Publisher: Toronto : Anchor Canada, 2020.
- General Note: Copies must be checked out as a set.Contains 11 copies: 10 regular, 1 large print.