Anger Is a Gift : A Novel

The trade paperback edition of the highly buzzed about YA debut from Mark Oshiro , following a boy from Oakland as he falls in love amidst the chaos of modern America

A socially conscious coming of age love story from internet sensation Mark Oshiro, Anger is a Gift testifies to the vulnerability and resilience of a community facing injustice while still managing to hold hope for a better tomorrow.

Moss Jeffries, a young teen in Oakland, is the hero of this energizing, emotionally powerful contemporary YA debut about the modern teenage experience. Join Moss as he fights to survive the systemic effects of institutionalized racism, falls in love and explores his orientation, all the while hoping to protect his friends and family amidst the struggles of the modern-day civil rights movement.

“Part sweet love story, part social justice commentary, this title begs to be read. Give this to fans of Angie Thomas’s The Hate U Give.”—School Library Journal, starred review

Mark Oshiro is the Hugo-nominated writer of the online Mark Does Stuff universe (Mark Reads and Mark Watches), where he analyzes book and TV series. He was the nonfiction editor of Queers Destroy Science Fiction! and the co-editor of Speculative Fiction 2015, and is the President of the Con or Bust Board of Directors. When not writing/recording reviews or editing, Oshiro engages in social activism online and offline. Anger Is a Gift is his debut YA contemporary fiction novel.