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Leading forensic anthropologist Erin Kimmerle investigates the notorious Dozier Boys School-the school in the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Nickel Boys-and shares the contentious process to exhume the graves of the boys buried there in order to reunite them with their families. Colson Whitehead says: "With We Carry Their Bones, Erin Kimmerle continues to unearth the true story of the Dozier School, a tale more frightening than any fiction. In a corrupt world, her unflinching revelations are as close as we'll come to justice." A starred review in Kirkus calls the book a, "Gripping investigation into a corrupt, dangerous Florida reform school. .A horrific story of true crime, unjust punishment, and the quest for justice for the victims of a cruel state."


In the wake of the Dozier Boys School's closure in 2011, Erin Kimmerle was tasked with locating its graveyard to determine the number of graves and who was buried there, thus beginning the process of reuniting the boys with their families through forensic and DNA testing. Poorly kept records suggested some thirty-one boys were buried in unmarked graves in a remote field on the school's property. The real number was almost twice that. Kimmerle's work did not go unnoticed; residents and local law enforcement threatened and harassed her team in their eagerness to control the truth she was uncovering-one she continues to investigate to this day.