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Los chicos de la Nickel

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De poco sirve ser un buen estudiante en la Academia Nickel para chicos. Elwood -pobre, huérfano y de raza negra- no tarda en descubrirlo cuando, por un malentendido, le encierran en este reformatorio. Con la ayuda de un buen amigo, este adolescente descubrirá cómo sobrevivir en este lugar que esconde un brutal secreto y una realidad corrupta, respaldada por muchos y obviada por todos.

 

English Description:

When 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. Elwood’s only salvation is his friendship with fellow “delinquent” Turner, which deepens despite Turner’s 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 Academy becomes ever more perilous, the tension between Elwood’s ideals and Turner’s skepticism leads to a decision whose repercussions will echo down the decades.

Publishing Details

Author : Colson Whitehead

Author Nationality : United States

Type of Spanish : Translated

Physical Details

Type of Book: Chapter

Cover: Softcover

Pages: 224

Year Published: 2020

Instructional Details

Reading Grade Level: 9th-12th

Genre: Fiction

Sub-Genre: Fiction, Realistic Fiction

Theme: Social Studies, Social Issues, Friendship, About POC, Conflict, Fiction

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