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Anger is a gift /

Six years ago, Moss Jefferies' father was murdered by an Oakland police officer. Along with losing a parent, the media's vilification of his father and lack of accountability has left Moss with near crippling panic attacks. Now, in his sophomore year of high school, Moss and his fellow cla...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Oshiro, Mark (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Tom Doherty Associates, 2018.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Anger > Juvenile fiction.
Anxiety > Juvenile fiction.
Panic disorders > Juvenile fiction.
Anger in adolescence > Juvenile fiction.
Grief > Juvenile fiction.
Protest movements > Juvenile fiction.
Racism in education > Juvenile fiction.
High schools > Juvenile fiction.
Schools > Juvenile fiction.
Race relations > Juvenile fiction.
Mental health > Juvenile fiction.
Teenagers > Juvenile fiction.
Police shootings > Juvenile fiction.
Fathers > Death > Juvenile fiction.
African American teenagers > Juvenile fiction.
Student movements > Juvenile fiction.
Police misconduct > United States > Juvenile fiction.
Teenagers > Fiction.
African American teenagers > Fiction.
Panic disorders > Fiction.
Grief > Fiction.
Protest movements > Fiction.
High schools > Fiction.
YOUNG ADULT FICTION > Romance > LGBT.
YOUNG ADULT FICTION > Social Themes > Death & Dying.
YOUNG ADULT FICTION > Social Themes > Prejudice & Racism.
African American teenagers.
Anger.
Anxiety.
Fathers > Death.
Police misconduct.
Police shootings.
Student movements.
Teenagers.
United States.
Student movements > Fiction.
Anxiety > Fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Fiction.
Juvenile works.
Young adult works.
Young adult fiction.
Novels.
Description
Summary:Six years ago, Moss Jefferies' father was murdered by an Oakland police officer. Along with losing a parent, the media's vilification of his father and lack of accountability has left Moss with near crippling panic attacks. Now, in his sophomore year of high school, Moss and his fellow classmates find themselves increasingly treated like criminals in their own school. New rules. Random locker searches. Constant intimidation and Oakland Police Department stationed in their halls. Despite their youth, the students decide to organize and push back against the administration. When tensions hit a fever pitch and tragedy strikes, Moss must face a difficult choice: give in to fear and hate or realize that anger can actually be a gift.
Item Description:"A Tor Teen book."--Title page verso.
Physical Description:463 pages ; 22 cm
Audience:Young Adult.
Awards:Schneider Family Book Award Winner for Teens, 2019
ISBN:9781250167026
1250167027