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The Blurb On The Back:
One teenager in a skirt.
One teenager with a lighter.
One moment that changes both of their lives forever.
If it weren’t for the 57 bus, Richard and Sasha would never have met. Although they live in the same city, they are from radically different worlds. But one single reckless act changes both of their lives forever.
What happens next is a story of race and discrimination, but also of recovery, reconciliation and hope. It’s about the good and bad in all of us, and how your whole life can change in the time it takes to flick a cigarette lighter.
And remarkably, it’s all true.
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Dashka Slater’s non-fiction YA is an astounding piece of writing that displays great empathy to both Sasha and Richard and their families without flinching from the seriousness of what happened and giving context to their lives up to and after the attack while explaining concepts of sexuality and gender in a helpful and easy to understand way. This is one of my favourite books of 2018 and I will definitely check out Slater’s other work.
Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the review copy of this book.
One teenager with a lighter.
One moment that changes both of their lives forever.
If it weren’t for the 57 bus, Richard and Sasha would never have met. Although they live in the same city, they are from radically different worlds. But one single reckless act changes both of their lives forever.
What happens next is a story of race and discrimination, but also of recovery, reconciliation and hope. It’s about the good and bad in all of us, and how your whole life can change in the time it takes to flick a cigarette lighter.
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Dashka Slater’s non-fiction YA is an astounding piece of writing that displays great empathy to both Sasha and Richard and their families without flinching from the seriousness of what happened and giving context to their lives up to and after the attack while explaining concepts of sexuality and gender in a helpful and easy to understand way. This is one of my favourite books of 2018 and I will definitely check out Slater’s other work.
Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the review copy of this book.
