BOOK OF THE WEEK - The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead From the mind of the Pulitzer Prize and Nation Book Award winning author of "The Underground Railroad" Colson Whitehead, comes the powerfully drive, Jim Crow Era follow-up "The Nickel Boys". This modern, great American novel is based on the real story of a Florida reform school that operated for over one hundred and ten years, warping the lives of thousands of children. It outlines the heartbreaking truths faced by the di...scriminated and the ripple effect actions can have on a life. Set in segrated Tallahassee, Florida in the 1960s, we follow Elwood Curtis, an orphaned boy trying to live his life by the words of Dr Martin Luther King Junior - "as good as anyone". However, life and times work against young Curtis and he finds himself sent to the juvenile reformatory "Nickel Academy". While facing the abusive challenges of the academy, Curtis befriends Turner, a disillusioned youth who believes there is no good left in the world. On the outside the Civil Rights Movement rages, while the boys' fates will be determined by the horrors they survive on the inside. See more
