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The Nickel boys / Colson Whitehead.

Whitehead, Colson. (Author). Jackson, JD, (narrator.).

Summary:
As the Civil Rights movement begins to reach the black enclave of Frenchtown in segregated Tallahassee, Elwood Curtis takes the words of Dr. Martin Luther King to heart: He is 'as good as anyone', Abandoned by his parents, but kept on the straight and narrow by his grandmother, Elwood is about to enroll in the local black college. But for a black boy in the Jim Crow South in the early 1960s, one innocent mistake is enough to destroy the future. Elwood is sentenced to a juvenile reformatory whose mission statement says it provides 'physical, intellectual and moral training' so the delinquent boys in their charge can become 'honorable and honest men'. In reality, The Nickel Academy is a grotesque chamber of horrors, where the sadistic staff beats and sexually abuses the students, corrupt officials and locals steal food and supplies, and any boy who resists is likely to disappear 'out back'.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781984891396
  • ISBN: 1984891391
  • Physical Description: 6 audio discs (7 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Unabridged.
  • Publisher: Westminster, MD. : Books on Tape, 2019.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Compact disc.
Participant or Performer Note:
Read by JD Jackson and the author.
Subject: African American teenagers > Fiction.
Reformatories > Florida > Fiction.
Racism > United States > Fiction.
Genre: Audiobooks.

Available copies

  • 4 of 4 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 4 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Abington Community Library TALKING BOOKS WHITEHE (Text) 50687011662072 Adult Audio Available -
Lower Macungie Library AUDIOCD FIC WHI (Text) 33400001433385 Adult Audiobook Fiction Available -
Pottsville Free Public Library CDBook Fic (Text) 30003008961243 Audiobooks Available -
Smithfield Branch CD F WHI (Text) 32378004763332 Adult Audiobook Available -


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