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TherivetingNewYorkTimesbestsellerandStonewallBookAward winnerthatwillmakeyourethinkallyouknowaboutrace,class, gender,crime,andpunishment.Artfully,compassionately,andexpertly told,DashkaSlater'sThe57Busisamust-readnonfictionbookfor teensthatchroniclesthetruestoryofanagenderteenwhowasseton firebyanotherteenwhileridingabusinOakland,California. Twoends ofthesameline.Twosidesofthesamecrime.Ifitweren’tforthe57 bus,SashaandRichardneverwouldhavemet.Bothwerehighschool studentsfromOakland,California,oneofthemostdiversecitiesinthe country,buttheyinhabiteddifferentworlds.Sasha,awhiteteen,lived inthemiddle-classfoothillsandattendedasmallprivateschool.
Richard,aBlackteen,livedintheeconomicallychallengedflatlands andattendedalargepublicone.Eachday,theirpathsoverlappedfora mereeightminutes.Butoneafternoononthebusridehomefrom school,asinglerecklessactleftSashaseverelyburned,andRichard chargedwithtwohatecrimesandfacinglifeimprisonment.Thecase garneredinternationalattention,thrustingbothteenagersintothe spotlight.ButinThe57Bus,award-winningjournalistDashkaSlater showsthatwhatmightatfirstseemlikeasimplematterofrightand wrong,justiceandinjustice,victimandcriminal,issomethingmore complicated―andfarmoreheartbreaking.AwardsandAccoladesfor The57Bus:ANewYorkTimesBestsellerStonewallBookAward WinnerYALSAAwardforExcellenceinNonfictionforYoungAdults
FinalistABostonGlobe-HornBookNonfictionHonorBookWinnerA TIMEMagazineBestYABookofAllTimeALosAngelesTimesBook PrizeFinalistDon’tmissDashkaSlater’snewestpropulsiveand thought-provokingnonfictionbook,Accountable:TheTrueStoryofa RacistSocialMediaAccountandtheTeenagersWhoseLivesIt Changed,theYALSAAwardforExcellenceinNonfictionWinner whichNationalBookAwardwinnerIbramX.Kendihailsas“powerful, timely,anddelicatelywritten.”Readmore