# Anger Is a Gift

**Author:** Mark Oshiro
**Grade range:** Grades 9–12
**First published:** 2018
**Page count:** 330
**ISBN-13:** `9781250167040`
**ISBN-10:** `1250167043`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/anger-is-a-gift
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

\*31st Annual Lammy Finalist for LGBTQ Children ' s/Young Adult category\* \*2019 ALA Schneider Family Book Award Teen Winner\* \* Buzzfeed's 24 Best YA Books of 2018\* \* Vulture's 38 Best LGBTQ YA Novels\* \* Book Riot's Best Books 2018\* \* Hyable's Most Anticipated Queer YA Books of 2018\* \* The Mary Sue's 18 Books You Should Read in 2018\* Moss Jeffries is many things—considerate student, devoted son, loyal friend and affectionate boyfriend, enthusiastic nerd. But 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. And most of all, he wishes he didn't feel so stuck. Moss can't even escape at school—he and his friends are subject to the lack

## Where this book is assigned

### Schneider Family Book Award

- **recommended** · 9th grade — [source: Schneider Family Book Award winners (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2019 Schneider Family Book Award](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schneider_Family_Book_Award)
- **recommended** · 10th grade — [source: Schneider Family Book Award winners (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2019 Schneider Family Book Award](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schneider_Family_Book_Award)
- **recommended** · 11th grade — [source: Schneider Family Book Award winners (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2019 Schneider Family Book Award](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schneider_Family_Book_Award)
- **recommended** · 12th grade — [source: Schneider Family Book Award winners (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2019 Schneider Family Book Award](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schneider_Family_Book_Award)

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