Before you start讀前導覽
About the book關於這本書
1About the book導讀總覽
AAbout the book作品簡介
The 57 Bus (2017) by Dashka Slater is narrative nonfiction: a true story told with the tools of a novel, such as scenes, dialogue, and changing points of view. It follows two teenagers in Oakland, California, whose lives crossed on a city bus on November 4, 2013, and traces what happened to both of them afterward. The book won the Stonewall Book Award and the California Book Award.《The 57 Bus》（2017）是達施卡·斯萊特（Dashka Slater）的敘事型非小說：用小說的手法（場景、對話、不同人物的觀點）來寫一個真實事件。書中描寫加州奧克蘭的兩名青少年，他們的人生在 2013 年 11 月 4 日的一班公車上交會，並追蹤兩人之後各自的遭遇。本書獲得石牆圖書獎（Stonewall Book Award）與加州圖書獎。
Structure: the book has four parts, called Sasha, Richard, The Fire, and Justice. Each part is made of many very short sections. Most are written like news reporting, but some are poems, lists, online chats, letters, or official documents. These notes group several sections into one lesson and name the sections each lesson covers, because page numbers differ between editions.結構：全書分成四部：Sasha、Richard、The Fire（火）、Justice（正義）。每一部由許多很短的小節組成，大多像新聞報導，也有詩、清單、網路聊天紀錄、信件和官方文件。各版本頁碼不同，所以這份筆記把幾個小節併成一課，並標出每課涵蓋哪些小節。
BQuestions to keep in mind讀的時候想想
- Can one act, even a very harmful one, tell us who a person really is?
- When a teenager seriously hurts someone, what should society do: punish, protect the public, help the teen change, or all three?
- How do the words we use for people, such as names, pronouns, and labels, shape the way we see them?
- 一個行為，即使造成很大的傷害，能代表一個人的全部嗎？
- 當青少年嚴重傷害別人時，社會該怎麼做：懲罰、保護大眾、幫助他改變，還是三者都要？
- 我們用來稱呼人的字詞（名字、代名詞、標籤），怎麼影響我們看待他們的方式？
CHow to read this book閱讀前須知
- Everyone in the book is a real person. The author identifies young people by first name only, and these notes do the same.
- Sasha uses the pronoun they for one person, for example "Sasha said they were tired." In the Chinese notes, we usually just repeat Sasha's name.
- The book deals with a serious crime, injuries, race, gender identity, and the justice system. The author reports facts carefully and shows several sides of each debate. These notes do the same and leave the conclusions to you.
- 書中每個人都是真實人物。作者對青少年只寫名字、不寫姓，這份筆記也一樣。
- Sasha 用 they 指稱自己一個人，例如 "Sasha said they were tired."（Sasha 說他們很累）。中文筆記通常直接重複 Sasha 的名字。
- 這本書談到嚴重的犯罪、傷勢、種族、性別認同和司法制度。作者謹慎陳述事實，並呈現每個爭議的不同立場。這份筆記也是這樣，結論留給你自己判斷。
DAbout the author關於作者
Dashka Slater is a journalist and author who grew up in Massachusetts and lives in Oakland, the city where this story takes place. Her reporting has appeared in The New York Times Magazine and other publications, and she has written more than a dozen books for children and adults. The 57 Bus began as an article she wrote for The New York Times Magazine; she then spent about three years interviewing the people involved and studying court records, videos, and letters.達施卡·斯萊特（Dashka Slater）是記者兼作家，在麻州長大，住在本書故事發生的城市奧克蘭。她的報導刊登在《紐約時報雜誌》等刊物，並寫過十多本兒童與成人讀物。《The 57 Bus》最初是她為《紐約時報雜誌》寫的一篇報導；之後她花了大約三年時間訪問相關人物，並研究法庭紀錄、影片和信件。
EOther works by the author作者的其他作品
Slater's other books include the picture books Baby Shoes and Firefighters in the Dark, the picture book The Sea Serpent and Me, and the middle-grade fantasy novels The Book of Fatal Errors and The Book of Stolen Time.斯萊特的其他作品包括繪本 Baby Shoes、Firefighters in the Dark、The Sea Serpent and Me，以及給小學高年級到國中讀者的奇幻小說 The Book of Fatal Errors 和 The Book of Stolen Time。