On the Bus - Softcover

Kimberly Scott

4.11

9 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0972168729 ISBN 13: 9780972168724

Publisher: Martin and Lawrence Press, 2004

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It is 1975. Boston is mired in the quagmire of court-ordered forced busing. Protest marches course through the streets daily. Children attend schools teeming with armed riot police. Angry mobs heckle students as they step off school buses. Snipers are staked out on school rooftops. This is daily life for the young people of Boston. A cautious attempt by Katie Flannery from Charlestown to start a dialogue with Jack Sinclair from Roxbury ignites already inflamed racial tensions and sets off a sequence of events that will change both their lives forever. This story will take you from the explosively integrated school hallways to the bloody street battles with police, from the drug dens of Roxbury to the stately homes surrounding Charlestowns soaring Bunker Hill monument. It will bring you back to the roiling anger and moral ambiguity that rocked Boston and the country during the tumult of the forced busing era. And it will deliver you intimately into the lives of these two families struggling desperately to survive it all.

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About the Author:

KIMBERLY SCOTT continues her literary exploration of explosive social issues in On the Bus, a novel set amid the anguish and tumult of the forced busing era in Boston. Ms. Scott, an expert on Boston's forced busing, spent the better part of two years researching the history of the period and conducting interviews with people who experienced it firsthand. Ms. Scott's first novel, the critically acclaimed Papaya Myths, was ranked among the ""Best Books of 2000"" on the SF Site and was a popular selection for reading group discussions. In addition to her writing, Ms. Scott conducts numerous writing seminars and workshops throughout the New England area. Ms. Scott is a graduate of Colgate University, where she studied creative writing before beginning a career in the publishing industry in New York City. In the late 1980s she moved to Boston and launched her own consulting firm. She lives in Massachusetts with her husband and their two daughters. KIMBERLY SCOTT continues her literary exploration of explosive social issues in On the Bus, a novel set amid the anguish and tumult of the forced busing era in Boston. Ms. Scott, an expert on Boston's forced busing, spent the better part of two years researching the history of the period and conducting interviews with people who experienced it firsthand. Ms. Scott's first novel, the critically acclaimed Papaya Myths, was ranked among the ""Best Books of 2000"" on the SF Site and was a popular selection for reading group discussions. In addition to her writing, Ms. Scott conducts numerous writing seminars and workshops throughout the New England area. Ms. Scott is a graduate of Colgate University, where she studied creative writing before beginning a career in the publishing industry in New York City. In the late 1980s she moved to Boston and launched her own consulting firm. She lives in Massachusetts with her husband and their two daughters.

Review:

Kimberly Scott has achieved that rarest of goals for an author: a sophomore novel that surpasses her amazing debut. -- Lisa Dumond, Senior Reviewer for Black Gate Magazine

Kimberly Scott skillfully reminds us that the Boston busing crisis tore apart families as well as a city. -- Elizabeth Mehren, Los Angeles Times

You�’ll never forget these characters. Don�’t wait for the movie. --Floyd Kemske, author of The Third Lion, Editor of the online literary newsletter At The Margin

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