The Nickel Boys
by Colson Whitehead
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- Grade
- 9-12
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2019
Word Count 57,946
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 940L
- ATOS Reading Level: 6.5
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 512399, 10 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Lists With This Book
- Black History
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