# Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed - Hardcover

by **Dashka Slater** (Author)

**YALSA AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN NONFICTION 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.

### Author Biography

Award-winning journalist **Dashka Slater** has written for such publications as _The New York Times Magazine_, _Newsweek_, _Salon_, and _Mother Jones_. Her _New York Times_\-bestselling young-adult true crime narrative, _The 57 Bus_, has received numerous accolades, including the Stonewall Book Award, the California Book Award, and a _Boston Globe-Horn Book_ Honor. It was a YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award Finalist and an _LA Times_ Book Award Finalist, in addition to receiving four starred reviews and being named to more than 20 separate lists of the year's best books, including ones compiled by _The Washington Post_, the New York Public Library, and _School Library Journal_. In 2021, _The 57 Bus_ was named to _TIME_ magazine's list of the 100 Best Young Adult Books of All Time. The author of fifteen books of fiction and nonfiction for children and adults, Dashka teaches in Hamline University's MFA in Creative Writing for Children and Young Adults program. She lives and writes in Oakland, California.

**Number of Pages:** 496

**Dimensions:** 1.54 x 8.5 x 5.83 IN

**Publication Date:** August 22, 2023

**Award:** Yalsa Award for Excellence in Non-Fiction for Young Adults (2024)

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