The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives
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Book Overview A NEW YORK TIMES BestsellerStonewall Book Award WinnerA Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the 21st Century (So Far) The riveting New York Times...
A NEW YORK TIMES Bestseller
Stonewall Book Award Winner
A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the 21st Century (So Far)
The riveting New York Times bestseller and Stonewall Book Award winner that will make you rethink all you know about race, class, gender, crime, and punishment. Artfully, compassionately, and expertly told, Dashka Slater's The 57Bus is a must-read nonfiction book that chronicles the true story of an agender teen who was set on fire by another teen while riding a bus in Oakland, California.
Two ends of the same line. Two sides of the same crime.
If it weren't for the 57 bus, Sasha and Richard never would have met. Both were high school students from Oakland, California, one of the most diverse cities in the country, but they inhabited different worlds. Sasha, a white teen, lived in the middle-class foothills and attended a small private school. Richard, a Black teen, lived in the economically challenged flatlands and attended a large public one.
Each day, their paths overlapped for a mere eight minutes. But one afternoon on the bus ride home from school, a single reckless act left Sasha severely burned, and Richard charged with two hate crimes and facing life imprisonment. The case garnered international attention, thrusting both teenagers into the spotlight. But in The 57 Bus, award-winning journalist Dashka Slater shows that what might at first seem like a simple matter of right and wrong, justice and injustice, victim and criminal, is something more complicated--and far more heartbreaking.
More Accolades and Awards for The 57 Bus:
A TIME Magazine Best YA Book of All Time
YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Finalist
A Boston Globe-Horn Book Nonfiction Honor Book Winner
A Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist
Don't miss Dashka Slater's newest propulsive and thought-provoking nonfiction book, Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed, the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction Winner which National Book Award winner Ibram X. Kendi hails as "powerful, timely, and delicately written."
Book Details Format: Hardcover | Publisher: FARRAR STRAUSS & GIROUX | ISBN: 0374303231
FormatHardcover
ISBN0374303231
EAN9780374303235
PublisherFARRAR STRAUSS & GIROUX
Publication Date2017-10-17
AccessoriesNo Accessory
ConditionNew
Product TypeHARD COVER BOOKS
Weight0.9 Pounds
Length8.3 Inches
Width5.7 Inches
Height1.2 Inches
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