The Nickel Boys: A Novel Laurie Woolever a young boy learns that

a young boy learns that God can be found in all kinds of moments--all you have to do is look at the people around you

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The Nickel Boys: A Novel Laurie Woolever a young boy learns thatWhen Elwood Curtis, a black boy growing up in 1960s Tallahassee, is unfairly sentenced to a juvenile reformatory called the Nickel Academy, he finds himself trapped in a grotesque chamber of horrors. Elwoods only salvation is his friendship with fellow delinquent Turner, which deepens despite Turners conviction that Elwood is hopelessly naive, that the world is crooked, and that the only way to survive is to scheme and avoid trouble. As life at the