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Accountable : the true story of a racist social media account and the teenagers whose lives it changed Cover Image

Accountable : the true story of a racist social media account and the teenagers whose lives it changed / Dashka Slater.

Slater, Dashka, (author.).

Summary:

When a high school student started a private Instagram account that used racist and sexist memes to make his friends laugh, he though of it as "edgy" humor. Over time, the edge got sharper. Then a few other kids found out about the account. Pretty soon, everyone knew. Ultimately no one in the small city of Albany, California, was safe from the repercussions of the account's discovery. Not the girls targeted by the posts. Not the boy who created the account. Not the group of kids who followed it. Not the adults -- educators and parents -- whose attempts to fix things too often made them worse. In the end, no one was laughing. And everyone was left asking: Where does accountability begin and end for online speech that harms? And what does accountability even mean? -- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780374314347
  • ISBN: 0374314349
  • ISBN: 9780800057343
  • ISBN: 0800057341
  • Physical Description: xiv, 480 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC, 2023.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Publisher, publishing date and paging may vary.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:
Before -- The account -- Revealed -- Undiscussed -- Investigation -- Laughing -- Justice -- Seeds of destruction -- Parents -- Why can't you just get over it? -- Science -- Every day another day -- Almost out the door -- Reckoning -- Making it through.
Target Audience Note:
1000L Lexile
Ages 12 and up Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers
Grades 10-12 Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG+ 7.1 13 522519.
Awards Note:
Dogwood Readers Award Nominee, 2024

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Genre: Informational works.
Instructional and educational works.
Biographies.

Available copies

  • 20 of 21 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 2 of 2 copies available at Cass County.

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  • 1 current hold with 21 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Cass County Library-Harrisonville YA 371.829 SLA 2023 (Text) 0002206339190 Young Adult Non-Fiction Available -
Cass County Library-Northern Resource Center YA 371.829 SLA 2023 (Text) 0002206339208 Young Adult Non-Fiction Available -

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