The reformatory : a novel
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Published
New York : Saga Press, 2023.
Edition
First Saga Press hardcover edition.
Status
Rapid City Public Library - Fiction - Adult
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Published
New York : Saga Press, 2023.
Format
Book
Edition
First Saga Press hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
570 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 570).
Description
"Gracetown, Florida. June 1950. Twelve-year-old Robbie Stephens, Jr., is sentenced to six months at the Gracetown School for Boys, a reformatory, for kicking the son of the largest landowner in town in defense of his older sister, Gloria. So begins Robbie's journey further into the terrors of the Jim Crow South and the very real horror of the school they call The Reformatory. Robbie has a talent for seeing ghosts, or haints. But what was once a comfort to him after the loss of his mother has become a window to the truth of what happens at the reformatory. Boys forced to work to remediate their so-called crimes have gone missing, but the haints Robbie sees hint at worse things. Through his friends Redbone and Blue, Robbie is learning not just the rules but how to survive. Meanwhile, Gloria is rallying every family member and connection in Florida to find a way to get Robbie out before it's too late." --
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LC Subjects
African American boys -- Fiction.
African Americans -- Fiction.
African Americans -- Segregation -- Florida -- Fiction.
Florida -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Florida School for Boys -- Fiction.
Ghost stories.
Haunted schools -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Horror fiction.
Novels.
Reformatories -- Florida -- Fiction.
African Americans -- Fiction.
African Americans -- Segregation -- Florida -- Fiction.
Florida -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Florida School for Boys -- Fiction.
Ghost stories.
Haunted schools -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Horror fiction.
Novels.
Reformatories -- Florida -- Fiction.