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Winner of the Stonewall Young Adult Literature AwardOne teenager in a skirt. One teenager with a lighter. One moment that changes both their lives forever. Two teenagers growing up in Oakland, California.
One, Sasha, was born male but identifies as agender, wears skirts and attends a private school. The other, Richard, is an African American from a poor part of Oakland who attends a rough public school. They have no reason to meet, except for eight minutes every day, they catch the same bus home. And one day, messing about, Richard spies Sasha napping.
He flicks the flame of his lighter to Sasha's skirt, and Sasha wakes up in a ball of flame. What happens next, as the victim, the perpetrator and the community struggle to come to terms with their sadness and shock, is a story of recovery, reconciliation, forgiveness and, above all, hope.
It's about the power of being true to yourself, bravery and the good and bad in all of us. And, remarkably, it's all true.
ISBN/EAN | 9781526361233 |
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Author | Dashka Slater |
Publisher | Hachette Books |
Publication date | 28 May 2018 |
Format | Paperback |
The 57 Bus : A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives
It's about the power of being true to yourself, bravery and the good and bad in all of us. And, remarkably, it's all true. For National Curriculum Key Stage 4 & GCSE, Interest age: from c 14 years, Personal & social issues: sexuality & relationships