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  EmiliaR16 августа 2021 г.

  Freedom inside, strength outside

  Based on a real story of the reform school that had existed for 111 years, the book opens unbelievable terrifying events of juvie guys. Lived in the Jim Crow era, two black teenagers at a segregated reform school become real friends. The main character Elwood Curtis is sent to The Nickel Academy by mistake. The academy is a place where "physical, intellectual, and moral training" occurs but, in fact, it turns out as a total horror. Physical, emotional, and sexual abuse are ordinary things here, corruption is everywhere. One day Elwood starts to take notes about all the disappearing goods and supplies that he and Turner have to deliver out of their habitation. Elwood is a Dr. King's idealistic follower, Turner is skeptic and hard-nosed. They are a perfect example of the final segregation that is about to melt down.

  It takes a lot of freedom carved inside to act as Elwood did. His strong spirit made the story's plot twist. One cannot be the same after being out of that place. One cannot survive without being fragile within. A total breakdown is nailed down in the leavers. Is it a price that should be paid?

  The story made me feel empty and perplexed afterward. How could it be so devastating? How could it so real? I got haunted by the story for hours. Absolutely love it.

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