The Nickel Boys

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The Nickel Boys is a Pulitzer Prize–winning novel by Colson Whitehead that explores the brutal realities of a Jim Crow–era reform school and its lasting impact on the lives of two Black boys.

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instanceOf Pulitzer Prize–winning work ⓘ
novel ⓘ
author Colson Whitehead ⓘ
awardReceived Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Fiction ⓘ
Kirkus Prize for Fiction ⓘ
Orwell Prize for Political Fiction ⓘ
linked to: George Orwell Prize

Pulitzer Prize for Fiction ⓘ
containsFictionalInstitution Nickel Academy ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
coverArtist Oliver Munday ⓘ
criticalReception widespread acclaim ⓘ
exploresTheme friendship ⓘ
idealism versus reality ⓘ
institutional violence ⓘ
memory and history ⓘ
firstEditionFormat hardcover ⓘ
focusesOn Jim Crow segregation ⓘ
linked to: Jim Crow laws

abuse in reform schools ⓘ
racial injustice ⓘ
trauma and its lasting impact ⓘ
followedBy Harlem Shuffle ⓘ
genre historical fiction ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ
social novel ⓘ
hasAdaptationStatus film rights optioned ⓘ
hasISBN 9780385537070 ⓘ
inspiredBy Dozier School for Boys ⓘ
language English ⓘ
linkedToRealEvents investigations into unmarked graves at reform schools ⓘ
mainCharacter Elwood Curtis ⓘ
Jack Turner ⓘ
marketedAs standalone novel ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
notableFor depiction of systemic racism in U.S. juvenile justice system ⓘ
pageCount 224 ⓘ
precededBy The Underground Railroad ⓘ
publicationDate 2019-07-16 ⓘ
publisher Doubleday ⓘ
PulitzerPrizeYear 2020 ⓘ
setInCountry United States ⓘ
setInPeriod Jim Crow era ⓘ
linked to: Jim Crow laws
setInState Florida ⓘ
shortlistedFor Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction ⓘ
National Book Award for Fiction ⓘ
timeframeOfMainPlot 1960s ⓘ

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