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Slater, Dashka,

The 57 bus : a true story of two teenagers and the crime that changed their lives / Fifty-seven bus Dashka Slater. - London : Wren & Rook, 2018. - 319 pages ; 20 cm

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.

ISBN: 9781526361233 152636123X

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB847059 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 018785383 Uk

Subjects--Personal Names:
Fleischman, Sasha
Thomas, Richard, 1997-

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Hate crimes
Asexual people--Violence against
Victims of crimes

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
California--Oakland.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
True crime stories.

Dewey Class. No.: 364.1555092279466