American novelist Colson Whitehead is no stranger to writing an award winning piece of literature. However his 2016 Pulitzer winning novel, The Underground Railroad, left him feeling like he was uninterested in writing another “heavy” novel. However, following the first Presidential win of Donald Trump, Whitehead felt compelled to once again tackle difficult, denser subject material with his next work.
Whitehead penned his 2019 novel, The Nickel Boys inspired by the real life Dozier School for Boys. The novel went on to win the 2019 Kirkus Prize for fiction and then the 2020 Pulitzer for Fiction.
Based in Florida, the Dozier School ran from 1900 to 2011 as a reform school. For decades the school was subject to allegations of abuse, torture, and even murder of its students at the hands of teachers and guards. In 2010, the the Florida Department of Law Enforcement in conjunction with the United States Department of Justice began formally investigating the school. In 2012, the University of South Florida investigation found over 55 graves hidden on the school grounds and 27 more potential grave sites have been found as of 2019. In 2024, a bill to compensate victims and families of victims of the Dozier School was approved by the state of Florida and signed into law.
The Nickel Boys was released in immense acclaim, both critically and commercially. It has been so lauded that multiple publications and platforms have named it one of the best books of the last decade. On Goodreads, one of the biggest social sharing platforms for reads, The Nickel Boys was included on their list of the “Biggest Hits of the Past Decade.” In addition to Goodreads, the novel was also included on Time Magazine’s list of the best books of the decade.
View this post on InstagramThe Nickel Boys follows Elwood Curtis, a young and hopeful Black teen living in 1960s Tallahassee. When Elwood is found in a hitchiked vehicle that was reportedly stolen, he falsely accused of being the car’s thief and then sent away to The Nickel Academy, a reform school. Quickly and with the help of his new friend Turner, Elwood learns that The Nickel Academy is a house of horrors where students are tortured, murdered, and often buried in a secret graveyard. Elwood and Turner work together to expose the school and escape, but their plans meet a tragic end. On top of being a grim tale of a stain on history, The Nickel Boys is a story that faces the bitter truth of justice, truth, and racism in America.
The Nickel Boys and other works by Colson Whitehead are out now and available wherever books are sold.
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