Book

Slater, Dashka, author.

The 57 bus / Dashka Slater.

Fifty-seven bus

First Edition.

New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, [2017]

305 pages; 22 cm

Age: 12-18.

930L Lexile.

"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

Accelerated Reader MG+ 6.5 8.

School Library Journal's Best Books, 2017

YALSA Finalist for Excellence in Nonfiction, 2018

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

Boston Globe/Horn Book Nonfiction Honor, 2018

Lincoln Award: Illinois Teen Readers' Choice Nominee, 2020

Monday November 4, 2013 -- Oakland California -- Sasha -- Tumbling -- Pronouns -- Blank cards -- Luke and Samantha -- Gran turismo 2 -- How do you know what gender you are? -- Genderqueer -- Gender, sex, sexuality, romance-some terms -- Sasha's terms -- Becoming Sasha -- Bathrooms -- Bathrooms revisted.

Fleischman, Sasha.

Thomas, Richard, 1997-

Assault and battery -- California -- Juvenile literature.

Hate crimes -- California -- Juvenile literature.

Asexual people -- California -- Violence against -- Juvenile literature.

Victims of crimes -- California -- Juvenile literature.

9780374303235 (hardcover)

0374303231 (hardcover)

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