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Join NowLog inDashka Slater is the New York Times-bestselling author of The 57 Bus, a narrative non-fiction account of the lives of those involved in the attack on Sasha Fleischman in Oakland, California. In addition to non-fiction, Slater has authored many children's books, for which she has received numerous awards like the Wanda Gag Book Award and a Junior Library Guild Selection. The 57 Bus was a YALSA finalist in nonfiction.
Slater is a recipient of a Creative Writing Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. The daughter of sociologist Philip Slater and playwrigh
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The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives
On Monday, November 4th, , in Oakland, California, the lives of two teenagers unexpectedly crossed and forever changed the direction of their futures. Sasha, an agender teenager, was riding the 57 bus home from high school and was set on fire bygd another teenager, Richard. Sasha, a vit middle class teenager, who attended private school in Oakland, identified as neither male nor female, and prefers to use the pronoun “they.” Richard, an African American teen who attended public high school in Oakland, lived with his mother in adverse conditions in the economically challenged flatlands.
Richard is considered a well-meaning teenager, but he makes the tragic mistake of holding a lighter up to Sasha’s skirt while she fryst vatten sleeping, assuming he will give her a quick scare. What he does not realize, however, fryst vatten that this reckless act will leave Sasha with second and third grad burn
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Slater, Dashka
PERSONAL:
Given name is pronounced Dah-shka; born November 21, , in Boston, MA; daughter of Philip (a writer) and Dori (a writer) Appel; married Cliff Baker (a teacher), June 23, ; children: Milo. Education:University of California, Berkeley, B.S. (with high honors), Hobbies and other interests: Hiking, yoga, swimming, theater, art.
ADDRESSES:
Agent—Felicia Eth, Bryant St., Ste. , Palo Alto, CA E-mail—[email&#;protected].
CAREER:
East Bay Express, Berkeley, CA, contributing writer, , staff writer, , city editor, ; freelance writer. Guest on television and radio programs; gives readings from her works.
AWARDS, HONORS:
Winner of Arts Recognition and Talent Search, National Foundation for the Advancement of the Arts, ; winner of Tenth Anniversary Writing Competition, Gamut, ; Golden Medallion Media Award, State Bar of California, ; Alice Phelan Award, ; first prize, feature writing category, California Newspaper Publishers Association, ; Health Ca