The Nickel Boys (Winner 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction) – Audiobook Online

“The Nickel Boys” is a novel by Colson Whitehead that won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The book is set in the early 1960s in Florida and follows the story of Elwood Curtis, a bright and ambitious African-American teenager who is unfairly arrested and sent to a reform school called the Nickel Academy. The school is supposed to help young boys stay out of trouble, but it turns out to be a brutal and corrupt institution, where physical and psychological abuse are commonplace. Elwood quickly learns that survival in the academy is about conforming to the rules and keeping your head down, but he is determined to maintain his integrity and fight for his rights, inspired by the teachings of Martin Luther King Jr. and his own dreams of a better future. Through Elwood’s experiences, the novel sheds light on the horrors of racism, segregation, and abuse of power, and highlights the resilience and spirit of African-Americans who struggled against systemic injustice and oppression. The book is a powerful and thought-provoking work of historical fiction that evokes feelings of anger, sorrow, and hope in the reader.

• The Nickel Boys (Winner 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)

• A Novel
• By: Colson Whitehead
• Narrated by: JD Jackson, Colson Whitehead

This Underground Railroad sequel brilliantly dramatizes another aspect of American history through the story of two boys unjustly sentenced to a hellish correctional school in Jim Crow-era Florida.

When Elwood Curtis, a black boy growing up in 1960s Tallahassee, is wrongfully sentenced to a juvenile detention center called Nickel Academy, he finds himself trapped in a room of horrors. ridiculous. Elwood’s only salvation is his friendship with his “thug” friend Turner, a friendship that deepens despite Turner’s conviction that Elwood is hopelessly naive, that the world is crooked and the only way The best way to survive is to plan and avoid trouble. As life at the Academy becomes ever more dangerous, the tension between Elwood’s ideals and Turner’s skepticism leads to a decision whose consequences will echo for decades.

Based on the true story of a reform school that has been in operation for 111 years and turned the lives of thousands of children upside down, The Nickel Boys is a devastating, driven story that introduces a novelist The great American is writing at the height of his power and “should further cement Whitehead as one of the best of his generation”.

This book is very well written and is capable of bringing you into the lives of the characters. I had to put the book down several times to digest the horror inflicted upon these young men. This book is a grievous representation of racism and injustice and the enduring internal and external scars of abuse.

Great book!
What a wonderful story – beautifully written, brilliantly told. Heartwarming and heartbreaking. Just deeply moved. I read Underground Railroad, which I also loved. Will be eager to find more of Mr. Whitehead’s books.

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