The Nickel boys : a novel
(CD Audiobook)
Author
Contributors
Jackson, JD, narrator.
Published
[Westminster, Md.] : Books on Tape ;, [2019].
Format
CD Audiobook
Edition
Unabridged.
ISBN
9781984891396, 1984891391, 9781984891372, 1984891375
Physical Desc
6 audio discs (7 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Appears on list
Status
Vineyard Haven Public Library - Adult
CD SPOKEN WHITEHEAD
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CD SPOKEN WHITEHEAD
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Vineyard Haven Public Library - Adult | CD SPOKEN WHITEHEAD | On Shelf |
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Barnstable Sturgis Library - Adult | CD SPOKEN WHI | On Shelf |
Centerville Public Library - Adult | CD SPOKEN WHITEHEAD | On Shelf |
Chatham Eldredge Public Library - Adult | CD SPOKEN Whi | On Shelf |
Chilmark Free Public Library - Adult | TB/CD WHITEHEAD | On Shelf |
Eastham Public Library - Adult | CD SPOKEN FICTION WHI | On Shelf |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Bisac Subjects
More Details
Published
[Westminster, Md.] : Books on Tape ;, [2019].
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
ISBN
9781984891396, 1984891391, 9781984891372, 1984891375
UPC
9781984891372
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 6.5, 10 Points
Level 6.5, 10 Points
Lexile code
HL
Lexile measure
940
Notes
General Note
Title from web page.
General Note
Compact discs.
Participants/Performers
Read by the author (acknowledgments) and JD Jackson.
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"... Elwood is about to enroll in the local black college. But for a black boy in the Jim Crow South in the early 1960s, one innocent mistake is enough to destroy the future. Elwood is sentenced to a juvenile reformatory called The Nickel Academy... [It] is a grotesque chamber of horrors, where the sadistic staff beats and sexually abuses the students, and any boy who resists is likely to disappear "out back." Stunned to find himself in such a vicious environment, Elwood tries to hold on to Dr. King's ringing assertion "Throw us in jail and we will still love you." His friend Turner thinks Elwood is worse than naive, that the world is crooked and the only way to survive is to scheme and avoid trouble. The tension between Elwood's ideals and Turner's skepticism leads to a decision with repercussions that will echo down the decades."--Container.
Description
Follows the experiences of two African-American teenagers at an abusive reform school in Jim Crow-era Florida.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Whitehead, C., & Jackson, J. (2019). The Nickel boys: a novel (Unabridged.). Books on Tape ;.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Whitehead, Colson, 1969- and JD, Jackson. 2019. The Nickel Boys: A Novel. Books on Tape.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Whitehead, Colson, 1969- and JD, Jackson. The Nickel Boys: A Novel Books on Tape, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Whitehead, Colson, and JD Jackson. The Nickel Boys: A Novel Unabridged., Books on Tape ;, 2019.
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