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  • List: Alex Awards
  • Award year: 2020
  • Genre: Historical Fiction
  • Dominicana

    Dominicana

    By Angie Cruz

    In 1965, 15-year-old Ana Cancion leaves the Dominican Republic married to a man twice her age and eventually discovers her own voice in Washington Heights, New York. Though historical fiction, this powerful immigrant story is increasingly relevant today.
  • The Nickel Boys

    The Nickel Boys

    By Colson Whitehead

    Idealistic Elwood and cynical Turner form an unlikely bond at Nickel Academy, a corrupt 1960s reform school, as they endure the abuse meted out by the sadistic warden. Their heart-wrenching story of physical and mental survival is based on the real-life experiences of children at the former Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys.