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The sequel to Call Me by Your Name, new Margaret Atwood, Ta-Nehisi Coates's debut novel, and more! For Your Reading List The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
"It was not enough to survive, you have to live."
Colson Whitehead delivers another harrowing tale, filled with rich details about the black experience in America. Inspired by the real-life abuse at the notorious Dozier School for Boys in Florida, Whitehead tells the story of an ambitious young black boy named Elwood Curtis who's sent to the fictional Nickel Academy, after being falsely accused of a crime. Masked as a reform school for wayward boys, Elwood quickly learns of the horrific and dehumanizing practices keeping institutionalized racism afloat. Whitehead renders the horrors of the Jim Crow era, while stirring up feelings of hope. It's a chilling novel that deserves to be read, despite the pain it conjures up. Get your copy now. —Morgan Murrell (@RespectThe__GAP)
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