The nickel boys (Record no. 79567)

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ISBN 9780708899427
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Classification number PZ
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Personal author Whitehead, Colson
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Title The nickel boys
260 ## - PUBLICATION INFORMATION
Place of publication London :
Publisher Hachette,
Date 2019
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Physical description x, 214p
520 ## - ABSTRACT
Abstract Elwood Curtis has taken the words of Dr Martin Luther King to heart: he is as good as anyone. Abandoned by his parents, brought up by his loving, strict and clear-sighted grandmother, Elwood is about to enroll in the local black college. But given the time and the place, one innocent mistake is enough to destroy his future, and so Elwood arrives at The Nickel Academy, which claims to provide 'physical, intellectual and moral training' which will equip its inmates to become 'honorable and honest men'.<br/><br/>In reality, the Nickel Academy is a chamber of horrors, where physical, emotional and sexual abuse is rife, where corrupt officials and tradesmen do a brisk trade in supplies intended for the school, and where any boy who resists is likely to disappear 'out back'. Stunned to find himself in this vicious environment, Elwood tries to hold on to Dr King's ringing assertion, 'Throw us in jail, and we will still love you.' But Elwood's fellow inmate and new friend Turner thinks Elwood is naive and worse; the world is crooked, and the only way to survive is to emulate the cruelty and cynicism of their oppressors.<br/><br/>The tension between Elwood's idealism and Turner's skepticism leads to a decision which will have decades-long repercussions.<br/>
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Subject term Fiction
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    National Library of Medicine     Stenhouse Library Stenhouse Library Shelves 28/09/2022 Tomlinsons 8.99 5 1 PZ WHI ST00209 26/09/2023 09/08/2023 8.99 28/09/2022 Book
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