From the New York Times- bestselling author of The 57 Bus comes Accountable , a propulsive and thought-provoking new young adult narrative nonfiction book about the revelation of a Racist Social Media Account that changes everything for a group of high school students and begs the question: What does it mean to be held accountable for harm that takes place behind a screen? When a high school student started a private Instagram Account that used Racist and sexist memes to make his friends laugh, he thought of it as edgy humor.
And everyone was left asking: Where does accountability end for online speech that harms? And what does accountability even mean? Award-winning and New York Times -bestselling author Dashka Slater has written a must-read book for our era that explores the real-world consequences of online choices..
In the end, no one was laughing.
Not the adults--educators and parents--Whose attempts to fix things too often made them worse.
Not the group of kids who followed it.
Not the boy who created the account.
Not the girls targeted by the posts.
Ultimately no one in the small town of Albany, California, was safe from the repercussions of the account\'s discovery.
Pretty soon, everyone knew.
Then a few other kids found out about the account.
Over time, the edge got sharper.
From the New York Times- bestselling author of The 57 Bus comes Accountable , a propulsive and thought-provoking new young adult narrative nonfiction book about the revelation of a Racist Social Media Account that changes everything for a group of high school students and begs the question: What does it mean to be held accountable for harm that takes place behind a screen? When a high school student started a private Instagram Account that used Racist and sexist memes to make his friends laugh, he thought of it as edgy humor
