Reviews

The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives by Dashka Slater

manta_moony's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

I really loved the way everyone’s stories were pieced together. There was also segments that contained information pertaining to the story to help give the reader perspective which was really helpful

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Bullying, Death, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Blood, Homophobia, and Transphobia

Minor: Racial slurs and Suicide

fairy_k's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.5

robin812's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

4.0

thepetitepunk's review against another edition

5.0

Disturbing, heartbreaking. But Dashka Slater does a great job of humanizing—these are real people, who were children at the time.

jess_mango's review against another edition

4.0

A true crime book for the young adult set (and adults too!). The 57 Bus tells of an event several years ago where a 16 year old boy set the skirt of a non-binary teen, Sasha, on fire. The two teens didn't know each other, but this event on Oakland Public Transportation linked them. The author dives into each of their lives to show their perspectives and also discusses the trial, Sasha's recovery, and the public reaction to the incident.

This is a great book to understand the impact of what a teen might perceive as a funny prank can be in actuality.

This book counts towards the 2020 Book Riot Read Harder Challenge Task #1: A YA Non-fiction book

krabcake's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

thekaylie's review against another edition

4.25

at first i was a little iffy about it, but the author very expertly crafted a full narrative describing every nuance of this crime. it does so without being too preachy in one way or another

malcazar7's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

3.5

lacheese's review against another edition

dark informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

lisawhelpley's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative sad medium-paced

4.0