The 57 Bus

Title: The 57 Bus
Book List: A Celebration of Black Voices in Teen Fiction, Award Winning Teen Nonfiction, Interesting Nonfiction for Teens
Published by: Farrar Straus Giroux
Author: Slater, Dashka
Genre: Teen
Pages: 320
ISBN13: 9780374303235

YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Finalist (2018)

Stonewall Book Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature (2018)

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

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