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A Tale of Two Oaklands Colliding on 'The 57 Bus'

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Daskha Slater (Photo: Daskha Slater)

Nearly four years ago an Oakland high school student set fire to the skirt of an agender teen asleep on an AC Transit bus. Author Dashka Slater tells the story of the collision of these two students’ lives in her book, “The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives.”

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

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