TherivetingNewYorkTimesbestsellerandStonewallBookAwardwinnerthatwillmakeyourethinkallyouknowaboutrace,class,gender,crime,andpunishment.Artfully,compassionately,andexpertlytold,DashkaSlater’sThe57Busisamust-readnonfictionbookforteensthatchroniclesthetruestoryofanagenderteenwhowassetonfirebyanotherteenwhileridingabusinOakland,California.Twoendsofthesameline.Twosidesofthesamecrime.Ifitweren’tforthe57bus,SashaandRichardneverwouldhavemet.BothwerehighschoolstudentsfromOakland,California,oneofthemostdiversecitiesinthecountry,buttheyinhabiteddifferentworlds.Sasha,awhiteteen,livedinthemiddle-classfoothillsandattendedasmallprivateschool.Richard,aBlackteen,livedintheeconomicallychallengedflatlandsandattendedalargepublicone.Eachday,theirpathsoverlappedforamereeightminutes.Butoneafternoononthebusridehomefromschool,asinglerecklessactleftSashaseverelyburned,andRichardchargedwithtwohatecrimesandfacinglifeimprisonment.Thecasegarneredinternationalattention,thrustingbothteenagersintothespotlight.ButinThe57Bus,award-winningjournalistDashkaSlatershowsthatwhatmightatfirstseemlikeasimplematterofrightandwrong,justiceandinjustice,victimandcriminal,issomethingmorecomplicated--andfarmoreheartbreaking.AwardsandAccoladesforThe57Bus:ANewYorkTimesBestsellerStonewallBookAwardWinnerYALSAAwardforExcellenceinNonfictionforYoungAdultsFinalistABostonGlobe-HornBookNonfictionHonorBookWinnerATIMEMagazineBestYABookofAllTimeALosAngelesTimesBookPrizeFinalistDon’tmissDashkaSlater’snewestpropulsiveandthought-provokingnonfictionbook,Accountable:TheTrueStoryofaRacistSocialMediaAccountandtheTeenagersWhoseLivesItChanged,theYALSAAwardforExcellenceinNonfictionWinnerwhichNationalBookAwardwinnerIbramX.Kendihailsas“powerful,timely,anddelicatelywritten.“
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