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The 57 Bus

by Dashka Slater

Ages: 14+

Published: 2017

Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux BFYR/Macmillan

ISBN: 978-0-374-30323-5

Keywords: Hate crime, Transgender, Crime

In a hate crime, Sasha is critically burned on a bus ride home. The story focuses on the victim, Sasha, and Richard, who started the fire.