The Nickel boys : a novel
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Published
New York : Doubleday, [2019].
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780385537070 (hardcover), 9780385545358, 9780345804341, 0345804341
Physical Desc
213 pages ; 22 cm
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
HL 940L
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Blanchard Community Library - Adult Fiction | FIC WHITEHEAD | Checked Out | May 8, 2024 |
Buellton Library - Adult Fiction | FICTION WHITEHEAD,C | Checked Out | May 14, 2024 |
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Published
New York : Doubleday, [2019].
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9780385537070 (hardcover), 9780385545358, 9780345804341, 0345804341
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 6.5, 10 Points
Level 6.5, 10 Points
Lexile code
HL
Lexile measure
940
Notes
General Note
Longlisted for the National Book Awards.
Description
"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 of the early 1960s, one innocent mistake is enough to destroy the future. Elwood is sentenced to a juvenile reformatory called the Nickel Academy, whose mission statement says it provides "physical, intellectual and moral training" so the delinquent boys in their charge can become "honorable and honest men.""--Amazon.com.
Target Audience
HL940L,Lexile
Awards
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 2020.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Whitehead, C. (2019). The Nickel boys: a novel (First edition.). Doubleday.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Whitehead, Colson, 1969-. 2019. The Nickel Boys: A Novel. Doubleday.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Whitehead, Colson, 1969-. The Nickel Boys: A Novel Doubleday, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Whitehead, Colson. The Nickel Boys: A Novel First edition., Doubleday, 2019.
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