Books like The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater

The Hate U Give tracks 16‑year‑old Starr Carter, a Black teenager from a poor Bronx neighborhood who attends an elite private school, as she confronts police violence, social media battles, and community turmoil after witnessing her friend’s shooting.

Six of Crows is a fantasy novel in the Grishaverse that follows a crew of thieves in the city of Ketterdam, a Dutch‑inspired port, told through the third‑person viewpoints of seven characters.

Ari, a fifteen‑year‑old Mexican‑American with a brother in prison, meets Dante and a friendship sparks that forces him to confront his identity, family, and sexuality.

Steve Harmon, a sixteen‑year‑old charged as an accomplice to murder, records his prison and courtroom experiences as a film script while confronting his self‑perception and fate.

In a world where magic once pulsed through every stone, children of Orïsha fight to reclaim their heritage after a tyrant extinguishes their powers and their people’s hope.

In 1941 Lithuania, fifteen‑year‑old Lina and her family are deported by the Soviets to a Siberian labor camp; through art and resilience they endure brutal conditions and strive to survive the long journey ahead.

Rashad and Quinn wrestle with the aftermath of a police assault that sparks intense racial debate, told through their alternating perspectives.

In a tense sixty seconds, a young boy faces a choice that will determine whether he seeks revenge for his brother’s death or walks away from violence.

When Adam, a high‑school senior, step‑by‑step rescues his shy freshman friend Julian from a hidden abusive world, the story follows their growing bond and the surprising allies who help them both confront danger and heal.

A dramatic play based on interviews conducted after the murder of Matthew Shepard in Laramie, Wyoming.

A history of the persecution of gay men by the Nazi regime during the Holocaust. When the Nazis came to power in Europe, the lives of homosexuals came to be ruled by fear as raids, arrests, prison sentences and expulsions became the daily reality. When the concentration camps were built, homosexuals were imprisoned along with Jews. The pink triangle, sewn onto prison uniforms, became the symbol of their persecution. This book combines historical research with first-person accounts and individual stories to bring this time to life for readers. From the first chapter, with its story of a young Jewish girl who was rescued from the depths of despair and starvation in the camps by a fellow prisoner who wore the pink triangle, to the last, entitled It Gets Better, which outlines the strides forward in gay rights made in the decades since the war, the feeling of bravery and perseverance in the face of inhuman cruelty shines through.

Examines what happens when a crime is perpetrated against an innocent person and nobody cares, discussing the protection of those responsible for rescuing victims and the legal aspects of such situations, in the United States, overseas, in the air, and on the water.

It's two decades since Chris Stewart moved to his farm on the wrong side of a river in the mountains of southern Spain and his daughter Chloe is preparing to fly the nest for university. In this latest, typically hilarious dispatch from El Valero we find Chris, now a local literary celebrity, using his fame to help his old sheep-shearing partner find work on a raucous road trip; cooking a TV lunch for visiting British chef, Rick Stein; discovering the pitfalls of Spanish public speaking; and recalling his own first foray into the adult world of work.

American Honor Killings exposes a series of murders involving gay and straight men, tracing hate, bullying, and identity struggles from 1999 to recent convictions across Alabama, San Quentin, and New York.

A groundbreaking book that reveals the shocking problem of anti-gay/lesbian violence.