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PublisherSimon & Schuster

ISBN-10179716015X

ISBN-139781797160153

eBay Product ID (ePID)18058373327

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Book TitleReformatory : a Novel

Publication Year2023

TopicHorror, African American / Historical, Historical

LanguageEnglish

GenreFiction

AuthorTananarive Due

FormatCompact Disc

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Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition23/eng/20231018

ReviewsOne of the best novels published in 2023. A superb mix of literary fiction, horror, and historical fiction., A vividly realized page-turner, which is at once an ingenious ghost story, a white-knuckle adventure, and an illuminating if infuriating look back at a shameful period in American jurisprudence., A masterpiece--a new American classic of the uncanny. I was gripped from the first lines to the catch-your-breath desperation of the final pages., There are no false notes; every piece is a study in tension, showcasing Due's mastery at balancing action, suspense, and emotion., "Joniece Abbott-Pratt masterfully re-creates a 1950s Florida reformatory in this story...Abbott-Pratt expertly portrays the story's crushing atmosphere, as well as fearless Gloria, terrified boys, and, most movingly, the "haints"--ghosts of dead boys...This is essential listening about a shameful blot on American history. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.", "Joniece Abbott-Pratt masterfully re-creates a 1950s Florida reformatory in this story...Abbott-Pratt expertly portrays the story's crushing atmosphere, as well as fearless Gloria, terrified boys, and, most movingly, the "haints"--ghosts of dead boys...Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award."

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Dewey Decimal813/.54

Edition DescriptionUnabridged edition

SynopsisA gripping novel set in Jim Crow Florida that follows Robert Stephens Jr. as he is sent to a segregated reform school that is a chamber of terrors where he sees the horrors of racism and injustice--for the living and the dead. 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. The Reformatory is a haunting work of historical fiction written as only American Book Award-winning author Tananarive Due could, by piecing together the life of the relative her family never spoke of and bringing his tragedy and those of so many others at the infamous Dozier School for Boys to the light in this riveting novel., A gripping, page-turning novel set in Jim Crow Florida that follows Robert Stephen Jones as he's sent to a segregated reform school that is a chamber of terrors where he sees the horrors of racism and injustice, for the living, and the dead. Gracetown, Florida, summer 1950. Robert Stephen Jones Jr. is sent to Gracetown School for Boys for kicking a white boy's leg. But the Gracetown School for Boys isn't just any reform school. As Robert finds, it's a segregated school that is haunted from the boys who have died there. The Reformatory is an eerie, frightening novel that explores the horrors of our history.