Anger Is a Gift

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A story of resilience and loss, love and family, Mark Oshiro s Anger is a Gift testifies to the vulnerability and strength of a community living within a system of oppression.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 sopho year of high school, Moss and his fellow classmates find themselves increasingly treated like criminals by 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. Best Read Books Anger Is a Gift author Mark Oshiro – kino-fada.fr Official blurb ANGER IS A GIFT is an explosion of fury and revolution Mark Oshiro s beautiful and brutal debut proves that not only can anyone be a hero, but great change comes when the heroes work together.The best way I can describe this book is Imagine THUG and DEAR MARTIN had a gay baby ETA Actually, I m going with Imagine THUG and DEAR MARTIN had a gay baby that was then single mothered by JULIET TAKES A BREATH I think there areQ TPoC in this book alone than in all of YA combined well, excepting CB Lee s awesome SIDEKICK series, maybe , and the fact that that s in a social justice book about police brutalityit s a really nice thing to imagine how many people are going to fee The best way I can describe this book is Imagine THUG and DEAR MARTIN had a gay baby ETA Actually, I m goi...This book about systematic oppression and police brutality is hard as hell to read There is no flinching at violence in this one, and in addition to exploring race, this book explores gender identity and sexuality in myriad ways including a gay main character, Moss, queer parents of one of his best friends, and a gender nonconforming best friend Set in Oakland, Oshiro s book shines when it comes not just to ...This was brilliant And gutting I wouldn t expect any less from Mark I ve been a big fan since he was writing about Harry Potter but it still blew me away It was a fresh breath of air to read about a cast of mostly people of color, most of whom are queer including trans, nonbinary, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and asexual charact...Official Anger is a Gift is a masterpiece A perfectly paced, gut wrenching, powerful masterpiece If you ever set it down when reading which, believe me, you won t want to , you will have to let out a bre...remember when I obsessively read that Mark Reads Twilight column yeah, well, he wrote a book about systematic oppression and it s going to fucking rock.This book gives an extremely realistic firsthand view of police brutality but also manages to be a primer on community organizing hidden in the depths of a queer love story I feel like this book is going to be talked about for a long time I love it thanks.More than two years ago, during the Mark Does Stuff Tour 2015, I got to meet Mark Oshiro in Brussels x I actually sat right next to him in a quaint caf as he read us a chapter of the story that went on to become this book I am so glad and excited that Anger Is a Gift has finally becom...Anger is a gift was quite an interesting read At just over 400 pages there is a lot that goes on but the majority of the action occurs in the final 100 pages I don t dislike this book and 3 stars is a positive rating of I like it but I think that I went into this book with really high expectations Initially, I did not like this book at all and was confused on why it was being referred to as a book about police brutality I felt that a big part of the book was about Moss s school and the...

Anger Is a Gift
  • 09 June 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 384 pages
  • 1250167027
  • Mark Oshiro
  • Anger Is a Gift