The Nickel Boys
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The Nickel Boys
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The Nickel Boys is a 2019 novel by American novelist Colson Whitehead. It is based on the historic Dozier School, a reform school in Florida that operated for 111 years and was revealed as highly abusive. A university investigation found numerous unmarked graves for unrecorded deaths and a history into the late 20th century of emotional and physical abuse of students. TIME named it one of best books of the decade.The Nickel Boys won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Judges of the prize called
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2019 novel by Colson Whitehead
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nickel_Boys
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2019-07-18T19:46:12Z
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2024-09-10T19:02:11Z
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