The Nickel Boys has been well loved by cannonballers and for good reason. It is an unflinching, unsentimental fictionalized account of the Arthur G. Dozier School, a very real “school” where “delinquent” children as young as five would be, in effect, enslaved by the men who ran the school. Some of the survivors are currently pursuing a class action lawsuit against the State of Florida. Plot: Elwood is a gentle, intelligent Black boy aspiring to attend college and become a meaningful member of the civil […]
“Like justice, it existed in theory.”
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead