Book cover of Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed

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Not funny. When a high schooler started a private Instagram 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.

No one…


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1 author picked Accountable as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I'm a huge fan of Dashka Slater, and Accountable landed in a pile of novels submitted for an award where I serve on the adjudicating panel. I live in the area where both this book and The 57 Bus are set, so I had the "home turf" advantage of familiarity with the neighborhood where these events unfolded.

Slater has an amazing knack for truly "looking at both sides." Quotes because there aren't two sides, there are an infinitude of them. And she's brilliant at illuminating the reality that no one is a villain in his own story. The prose deftly…

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