Anger Is a Gift, Mark Oshiro
Anger Is a Gift, Mark Oshiro
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Anger Is a Gift
A Novel

Author: Mark Oshiro

Narrator: Mark Oshiro

Unabridged: 13 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/22/2018


Synopsis

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 sophomore year of high school, Moss and his fellow classmates find themselves increasingly treated like criminals 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.

This powerful audiobook is a must-listen for every American who places critical value on social justice.

About Mark Oshiro

MARK OSHIRO is the #1 New York Times bestselling, award-winning Latinx queer author of Anger Is a Gift, Each of Us a Desert, and Into the Light, as well as their middle grade books The Insiders, You Only Live Once, David Bravo, and Star Wars Hunters: Battle for the Arena. They are the coauthor (with Rick Riordan) of The Sun and the Star: A Nico Di Angelo Adventure. When not writing, they are trying to pet every dog in the world.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Emma on June 09, 2018

4.5 Stars! I really really loved this book. An absolute must read for fans of stories of teen activists. CW: racism, assault, violence, police brutality, murder/death Anger Is A Gift features such a diverse cast of characters to the point where I don't believe I can list them all and I am so down for......more

Goodreads review by Cece on July 09, 2018

This was one of the most difficult books I’ve ever read. Wow. Update 7/9/18: I will probably not be able to put words into any kind of order that does the emotional aspect of this book justice. But I'm going to try. Just know that whatever I say pales in comparison to the masterful story that Mark Osh......more

Goodreads review by Chelsea on September 22, 2018

What an impactful and important book. This was so hard to read.......more

Goodreads review by Thomas on February 21, 2020

I so appreciated the theme of anger as a gift in this novel. In his young-adult debut, Mark Oshiro writes about a group of predominantly queer teens of color experiencing police brutality and systemic discrimination at their local high school. He writes about their pain, solidarity, and resilience i......more

Goodreads review by Devon on May 28, 2018

I wish I liked this book more. Students organizing against the school-to-prison pipeline? An unblinking indictment against police violence? Tons of queer and POC characters? Near-crippling social anxiety? And it's written by Mark Oshiro, the guy who writes about books and TV with passionate love and......more


Awards

  • Lambda Literary Award - Nominee
  • Buzzfeed Best Books of the Year
  • Schneider Family Book Award