Multicultural Literature

The Nickel Boys
Colson Whitehead delves into a secret history of abuse and death in a fictional Florida school. While the location is made up, the story is all too real and is finally coming to the light of day. Whitehead takes us on a journey that has too long gone untold.



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Whitehead, Colson (2019). The Nickel Boys. New York: Doubleday.

ISBN: 978-0385537070. Hardback: $24.95.

Awards:

New York Times Bestseller

Chosen by Publishers Weekly as one of the 10 Best Books of the Year

One of Time Magazine’s 10 Best Fiction Books of the Decade

National Book Award Nominee for Fiction (2019)

Audie Award Nominee for Best Male Narrator (2020)

National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee for Fiction (2019)

Kirkus Prize for Fiction (2019)

Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Historical Fiction (2019)

Alex Award (2020)