Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

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

68 reviews

mmalone's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Deadnaming, Hate crime, Homophobia, Transphobia, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

imscrem's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

This book managed to touchingly portray a court case that reflected on a myriad of issues that America was facing at the time and, in large part, continues to face. It told the story in an engaging way that kept me hooked the whole time and curious to find out more about the issues. The sheer unfairness of it all was shocking to read about so directly. At the same time, I like to think that we are making progress — since the incident, much legislation has passed acknowledging nonbinary individuals, and even within the book it is clear that the state of California has reformed aspects of its prison system. Still, there remains much to be done.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Medical content, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Death of parent, and Classism

Minor: Homophobia and Transphobia

kirstym25's review against another edition

emotional informative fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Gun violence, Transphobia, and Murder

erins_bookrecs's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, Transphobia, and Fire/Fire injury

mamagrz's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Violence, Medical content, and Fire/Fire injury

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

Moderate: Homophobia, Transphobia, and Blood

Minor: Racial slurs and Suicide

mz_ampersand's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime, Homophobia, Racism, and Fire/Fire injury

good_names_dont_exist's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Transphobia, Medical content, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Deadnaming, Death, and Gun violence

Minor: Suicide

theangrystackrat's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, and Fire/Fire injury

avitakaur's review against another edition

emotional sad tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Murder