One Book Northland brings the community together in response to a single book, sparking discussion, thought, understanding, and change. 2021's book is The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead.
About The Nickel Boys: 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." Abandoned by his parents, but kept on the straight and narrow by his grandmother, Elwood is about to enroll in the local black college. But for a black boy in the Jim Crow South of the early 1960s, one innocent mistake is enough to destroy the future. This Pulitzer Prize winning novel will fill you with emotion and wonder.
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