The Nickel Boys

Was expecting to love this Whitehead but only liked it. I was very moved by Elwood's story in the beginning, but despite the twist (which was well done but telegraphs out pretty early on) and the stakes constantly being raised, I was less invested and the story seemed to be too. I definitely want to read more about the real Dozier school after this, and think it would be very discussable in a high school classroom paired with all sorts of other greatness, like nonfiction about the Dozier school, or articles by Nikole Hannah Jones or Between the World and Me, or the New Jim Crow, or We Are Not Yet Equal, etc.