The Lerner Blog

by Shaina Olmanson, Associate Editorial Director, Twenty-First Century Books Colson Whitehead’s new novel, The Nickel Boys, came out this month, a fictional story based on the Dozier School for Boys in Florida. Whitehead’s novel follows one wrongfully indicted boy and the abuse experienced at a school modeled after Dozier. In her forthcoming Twenty-First Century Books […]Read more "Read the True Story behind Colson Whitehead’s The Nickel Boys in The Dozier School for Boys"