"Content warning: This book contains descriptions of racist, sexist, antisemetic, and ableist memes, images, language, and incidents, as well as references to suicide and disordered eating"--Author's note.;Includes bibliographical references (pages 459-480).;Before -- The account -- Revealed -- Undiscussed -- Investigation -- Laughing -- Justice -- Seeds of distruction -- Parents -- Why can't you just get over it? -- Science -- Every day another day -- Almost out the door -- Reckoning -- Making it through. Tells the story of how an Albany High School handled a racist social media incident that caused lasting and devastating consequences
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YALSA AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN NONFICTION WINNER California Book Award Winner J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize Winner From the New York Times-bestselling author of The 57 Bus comes Accountable, a propulsive and thought-provoking true story 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? "Powerful, timely, and delicately written." --Ibram X. Kendi, #1 New York Times-bestselling and National Book Award-winning author 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. 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 town 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 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. More Awards and Accolades for Accountable: Russell Freedman Award Winner Northern California Book Award Winner CALIBA's Golden Poppy Book Award Winner An Evergreen Teen Book Award High School Nominee A SCBWI Golden Kite Honor for Nonfiction Text for Older Readers An Illinois Lincoln Readers' Choice Award Nominee A Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award High School Category Nominee A Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Nominee A Massachusetts Teen Choice Book Award Nominee A Vermont Green Mountain Book Award Nominee A Texas Topaz Reading List Selection A Texas Library Association TAYSHAS Top Ten Book A Florida Teens Read List Selection A Missouri Association of School Librarians Dogwood Reading List Selection
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