Anger is a gift

Resource Information

The work Anger is a gift represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Thunder Bay Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Anger is a gift

Statement of responsibility

Mark Oshiro

Creator

• Oshiro, Mark

Subject

• Anger -- Fiction
• Anxiety -- Fiction
• Fathers -- Death -- Fiction
• Police misconduct -- United States -- Fiction
• Police shootings -- Fiction
• African American teenagers -- Fiction
• Teenagers -- Fiction
• Young adult fiction
• Student movements -- Fiction

Genre

• Young adult fiction
• Fiction

Language

eng

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

Cataloging source

TOH

Index

no index present

Literary form

fiction

Target audience

juvenile