{"product_id":"57-bus-dashka-slater-9780374303235","title":"The 57 Bus | Dashka Slater","description":"\u003ch2\u003eThe 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives | Dashka Slater\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller \u0026amp; Stonewall Book Award Winner\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003eA \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews \u003c\/i\u003eBest Book of the 21st Century (So Far)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe riveting \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller and Stonewall Book Award winner that will make you rethink all you know about race, class, gender, crime, and punishment. Artfully, compassionately, and expertly told, Dashka Slater's \u003ci\u003eThe 57\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBus\u003c\/i\u003e is a must-read nonfiction book that chronicles the true story of an agender teen who was set on fire by another teen while riding a bus in Oakland, California.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTwo ends of the same line. Two sides of the same crime.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRichard, a Black teen, lived in the economically challenged flatlands and attended a large public one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe case garnered international attention, thrusting both teenagers into the spotlight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut in \u003ci\u003eThe 57 Bus\u003c\/i\u003e, award-winning journalist Dashka Slater shows that what might at first seem like a simple matter of right and wrong, justice and injustice, victim and criminal, is something more complicated—and far more heartbreaking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eMore Accolades and Awards for \u003ci\u003eThe 57 Bus:\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA TIME Magazine Best YA Book of All Time\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Finalist\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Boston Globe-Horn Book Nonfiction Honor Book Winner\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDon’t miss Dashka Slater’s newest propulsive and thought-provoking nonfiction book, \u003ci\u003eAccountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed\u003c\/i\u003e, the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction Winner which National Book Award winner Ibram X. Kendi hails as “powerful, timely, and delicately written.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bust-Down Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50708521287995,"sku":"0374303231","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/2077\/7531\/files\/9780374303235.jpg?v=1778289108","url":"https:\/\/bustdownbooks.com\/products\/57-bus-dashka-slater-9780374303235","provider":"Bust-Down Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}