Nickel Boys newbery

Nickel Boys newberyAs 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. Elwood

and velvety nights

What she wears each day depends on which job she has to do

3” (8 cm) wide

and foil-stamped case

the Church of the Holy Sepulcher and the Christian Quarter

and acceptance

for where the sidewalk ends

Harper Lee’s classic novel about courage

covering for her when her back pain worsens

The book also includes a deeply personal section offering insight into Krauthammer's beliefs about what mattered most to him--friendship

She dares not reveal to the court that she is a girl

They alone stand against the coming darkness