“The Nickel Boys” by Colson Whitehead
Published by Vintage Books (Penguin Random House)
This book was hard to read but definitely worth the
read. It’s painful, depressing,
heartbreaking, and yet important too. It
takes place in a boys reform school in the 60s, where a teenage black boy is
sent for being at the wrong place and the wrong time. The abuse these boys had to endure was
horrific. And what makes it worse, is knowing
that although this story is fictional, it is based off actual events that
happened at an actual school. So,
although a difficult read, I feel it’s an important read to shed light on the past,
to try to prevent it ever happening again in our future.
Finished 7/13/25 – 4/5 stars
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