The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead (Section-wise Summary)
SECTION 1 The book unfolds on a black kid who is living with his grandmother, hanging out where she worked and doing odd jobs while immensely interested in reading comics, books or whatever he could find. A fanatic of the speeches of Martin Luther King he would listen to them repeatedly and dream of a time when he would be treated equally. He encounters several acts of injustice of which he cannot wrap his head around even at a younger age. Little does he know that injustice is to be a crucial part of his life in a few years. We are given a sense of plot and mystery. Elwood seems to get arrested and we now don't know why? He is portrayed as a person with sound morals and a slightly different kid than the other kids in the area. ...