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Combining that experimental approach with Whitehead’s gripping text (based on real-life reform schools and the bodies that were discovered and exhumed from their grounds decades later) was the challenge of Nickel Boys.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 20 Dec. 2024
But few people know the history — and horror — of the real-life reform school both the book and film are based on: the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 15 Dec. 2024
Elwood experiences some of the usual rigors of prison and reform school: the bullying, the joshing around, the discipline, the abuse.
—K. Austin Collins, The Atlantic, 13 Dec. 2024
Words fail to really capture the unique, harrowing ride that is seeing the horrors of the 1960s Florida reform school the two young protagonists are trapped in, quite literally through their eyes.
—Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 2 Dec. 2024
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First Known Use
circa 1859, in the meaning defined above
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“Reform school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reform%20school. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
Kids Definition
reform school
noun
: a reformatory for boys or girls
Legal Definition
reform school
noun
: a reformatory for boys or girls
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