The 57 bus / Dashka Slater.

The 57 bus / Dashka Slater.

Subtitle on dust jacket: A true story of two teenagers and the crime that changed their lives

First edition.

9780374303235 (hardcover)
0374303231 (hardcover)

New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2017.

English

305 pages ; 22 cm

YA HV6618 .S56 2017

364.15/55092279466

"One teenager in a skirt. One teenager with a lighter. One moment that changes both of their lives forever. 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 crime-plagued 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."-- Amazon.com.

Age: 12-18.
930L Lexile
930L Lexile

Stonewall Book Award, Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children's & Young Adult Literature Award, 2018

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