“Don’t say that! That practically guarantees it’s going to happen!” “What happens if there’s an earthquake while we’re down here?” “I haven’t ever been stuck inside the tube itself.” “ Can they even do that here?”Įsperanza sighed while putting her glasses back on.
that thing they do where they just redirect us around a train.” He narrowed his eyes at her. “Well, we can’t be stuck here forever,” he replied. “This is where we’ll be stuck for all eternity.” She removed her thick-framed glasses and began to rub her eyes. His best friend’s head was thrown back over the seat in frustration. Moss could hear the tinny sound of Janelle Mon áe as he removed his own earbud. He looked over at Esperanza, who had taken out her half of the headphones from her left ear. “We’re never going to get off this train, I swear.” The train now sat motionless, caught between the Embarcadero station and West Oakland, where both of them were bound. Moss had leaned his bike up against the side of the car and scrambled to claim the spot next to Esperanza. They’d been lucky to find an empty set of seats near one of the doors. The train was crowded, plenty of people eager to get back home at the end of the weekend. Moss had boarded the train in San Francisco that afternoon expecting nothing out of the ordinary, just an afternoon with his best friend, Esperanza.
Lots of them, scattered south of the station in the parking lot, and he couldn’t help himself. Blue and red, flashing in a regular pattern. Please enjoy this sneak peek of the first chapters! 1 When tensions hit a fever pitch and tragedy strikes again, Moss must face a difficult choice: give in to fear and hate or realize that anger can actually be a gift.Īnger Is a Gift will be available on May 22nd. Something will have to change-but who will listen to a group of teens? That was even before the new regulations-it seems sometimes that the students are treated more like criminals. Moss can’t even escape at school-he and his friends are subject to the lack of funds and crumbling infrastructure at West Oakland High, as well as constant intimidation by the resource officer stationed in their halls. Moss Jeffries is many things-considerate student, devoted son, loyal friend and affectionate boyfriend, enthusiastic nerd.īut sometimes Moss still wishes he could be someone else-someone without panic attacks, someone whose father was still alive, someone who hadn’t become a rallying point for a community because of one horrible night.Īnd most of all, he wishes he didn’t feel so stuck.
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