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Dashka Slater

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Dashka Slater’s novel, The Wishing Box, was named one of the best books of the year by the Los Angeles Times, which called it “an impish novel, hopeful and full of humor.” She is the author of four acclaimed children's books: Baby Shoes; Firefighters in the Dark; The Sea Serpent and Me and Dangerously Ever After. She has two picture books forthcoming in 2017, as well as the much-anticipated Young Adult non-fiction narrative The 57 Bus.

Slater is also an award-winning journalist who has written for such publications as Newsweek, More, Salon, Mother Jones, Sierra, and The New York Times Magazine. The recipient of a Creative Writing Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, she is currently working on new books for both children and ...more

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How To Talk To Your School Community About Reading A "Controversial" Book

When I was at NCTE last month, I heard from a shocking number of teachers that their use of one or both of my nonfiction narratives, The 57 Bus and Accountable, was either being challenged by parents or second-guessed by administrators who were worried about being challenged by parents. These are books that were written in the hope that they could be used by teachers as a tool for havi

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	The 57 Bus 4.09 avg rating — 44,038 ratings — published 2017 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed 4.23 avg rating — 6,057 ratings — published 2023 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Escargot by Dashka Slater (Goodreads Author), Sydney Hanson (Illustrator) 4.40 avg rating — 3,449 ratings — published 2017 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Antlered Ship by Dashka Slater (Goodreads Author), Eric Fan (Illustrator), Terry Fan (Illustrator) 3.90 avg rating — 2,185 ratings — published 2017 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Book for Escargot by Dashka Slater (Goodreads Author), Sydney Hanson (Illustrator) 4.18 avg rating — 839 ratings — published 2020 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love, Escargot by Dashka Slater (Goodreads Author), Sydney Hanson (Illustrator) 4.15 avg rating — 541 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dangerously Ever After by Dashka Slater (Goodreads Author), Valeria Docampo (Illustrator) 3.86 avg rating — 557 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sea Serpent and Me by Dashka Slater (Goodreads Author), Catia Chien (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.17 avg rating — 398 ratings — published 2008 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Escargot and the Search for Spring by Dashka Slater (Goodreads Author), Sydney Hanson (Illustrator) 4.11 avg rating — 326 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wild Blue: Taming a Big-Kid Bike by Dashka Slater (Goodreads Author), Laura Hughes (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.24 avg rating — 247 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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A Taste of Power: A Black Woman's Story

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“Never let your obstacles become more important than your goal.”
― Dashka Slater, The 57 Bus

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“Binary

There are two kinds of people in the world.
Male and Female.
Gay and Straight.
Black and White.
Normal and Weird.
Cis and Trans.
There are two kinds of people in the world.
Saints and Sinners.
Victims and Villains.
Cruel and Kind.
Guilty and Innocent.
There are two kinds of people in the world.
Just two.
Just two.
Only two.”
― Dashka Slater, The 57 Bus

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“Because I’m going to make you understand the family motto: Never let your obstacles become more important than your goal.”
― Dashka Slater, The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives

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What should our July non-fiction read be?

Women, Race, and Class by Angela Y. Davis

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

8 votes 19.0%

Rape: A History From 1860 To The Present by Joanna Bourke

5 votes 11.9%

Until We Are Free: My Fight for Human Rights in Iran by Shirin Ebadi

5 votes 11.9%

Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife by Mary Roach

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The Darkening Age: The Christian Destruction of the Classical World by Catherine Nixey

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“Narrative Tension is primarily about witholding information.”
― Ian McEwan

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“To delight a child, to add a new joy to the crowded miracles of childhood, is no less worth doing than to leave a Sistine Chapel to astound a somewhat bored procession of tourists; or to have written a classic that sells by the thousands and is possessed unread by all save an infinitesimal percentage of its owners. It is, then, not an ignoble thing to do one’s very best to give our coming rulers – children – a taste of the Kingdom of Art.”
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“Everything has to come to an end, sometime.”
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