The 57 bus

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The work The 57 bus represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in City Libraries, City of Gold Coast. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

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Label

The 57 bus

Statement of responsibility

Dashka Slater

Title variation

• Fifty-seven bus
• A true story of two teenagers and the crime that changed their lives

Creator

• trueSlater, Dashka

Author

• trueSlater, Dashka

Subject

• trueCalifornia
• trueConsequences
• trueCriminal justice system
• Fleischman, Sasha
• trueGender identity
• Gender nonconformity -- Social aspects
• trueGenderqueer
• Hate crimes -- California
• Nonfiction
• Thomas, Richard, 1997-
• Transgender youth -- Violence against -- California
• trueVictims of crimes
• trueNonbinary people
• Asexual people -- Violence against
• trueAssault and battery
• Assault and battery -- California

Language

eng

Summary

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

Storyline

• trueIssue-oriented

Tone

• trueSerious

Writing style

• trueWell-researched
• trueLyrical

Award

• Green Mountain Book Award (Vermont), 2019.
• Rainbow List, 2018.
• School Library Journal Best Nonfiction Book, 2017.
• Stonewall Book Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature, 2018.
• YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers, 2018.

Biography type

collective biography

Dewey number

364.15/55092279466

Index

no index present

Literary form

non fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 6
• 12