Nandy is furious when her parents, who live in a wealthy coastal community, take in Tyson, a troubled teenage boy, under their roof after he ... the first science-fiction novels written by an African ...

The books, for all age groups ... Inc. Their goal is to… “break the cycle of illiteracy and encourage African American boys to foster a love for reading. We seek to address the large ...

in having texts that aren’t relevant to the experiences and legacy of African-American boys. When a lot of the curriculum you have access to isn’t familiar, or doesn’t acknowledge your past ...

The African-American author was honoured for The Nickel Boys, which chronicles the abuse of black boys at a juvenile reform school in Florida. Whitehead, a 50-year-old New Yorker, won the 2017 ...