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

Accountable

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

2023 • 380 pages

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As a junior high educator, I found this text insightful and highly relevant to the lives of my students. It follows the story of high school students caught in a negative spiral of the worst social media has to offer. As I read through the book, the perspectives of the various students brought to mind specific students that I myself have taught throughout the years. Their stories had significant parallels to those that Slater was following in this book. As social media continues to take over as a controlling force in the lives of youth, this book provided a reminder about the negative consequences that can come from the content an individual chooses to post. I will be recommending the read in the future once it comes out to students, as I think it is important for them to see how social media has impacted the lives of individuals like themselves.

June 7, 2023