Westminster School Summer Reading List 2021

The all-school summer read for 2021 - 2022 will be The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead. In this Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Colson Whitehead dramatizes a too-often-forgotten chapter of American history through the story of two boys unjustly sentenced to a reform school in early 1960’s segregated Florida. The novel spans several decades, culminating in a final revelation of sincere devotion between two men who have suffered together. Furthering our important conversations this year of equity, diversity, inclusion, and empathy, this novel leads us through the protagonist's heart-wrenching awakening to the cold, callous manifestations of deep, systemic racism in America.