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The riveting New York Times 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 The 57 Bus is a must-read nonfiction book for teens that chronicles the true story of an agender teen who was set on fire by another teen while riding a bus in Oakland, California.
Two ends of the same
2022 Lincoln Award Nominees
AMPL Native American Heritage Month
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OBD Black History Month (February) - YOUTH
YA Books on Anti-Racism and Dealing with Discrimination
On December 6, 1917, two ships collided in Halifax Harbour. One ship was loaded top to bottom with munitions and one held relief supplies, both intended for wartorn Europe. The resulting blast flattened two towns, Halifax and Dartmouth, and killed nearly 2,000 people. As if that wasn't devastating enough, a blizzard hit the next day, dumping more than a foot of snow on the area and paralyzing much-needed relief efforts.
Fascinating, edge-of-your-seat
2023 ALA Children's Award Winners and Nominees
Bullying Awareness Month (adults)
Summer Reading Challenge 2023 (Teens)
Black History Month
Black History Month: Focus on Illinois (SCPL)
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Mental Health Awareness (WPL-ADULT)
Mental Health Awareness Month
Mental Health Fiction and Nonfiction