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

stellahadz 's review for:

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

4.5

informative reflective medium-paced

This book tackles a complicated situation with the grace and nuance it deserves. Slater's writing is sensitive, even to the people in the book that we are least inclined to think deserving of such treatment. As a teacher, it would be really interesting to explore this book with a group of teenagers to get their take on it. The events of this story could happen to almost anyone who isn't careful about what type of content they engage with online, and I think it's an important lesson for young people to learn.

I've seen some criticism of the poetry - I will admit that it did sometimes feel disjointed and jarring, but I had to remind myself that I'm a little older than the book's target audience, and the poetry might resonate more with younger readers. It actually reminded me a bit of Ellen Hopkins's work, which I loved as a teenager.

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