{"product_id":"9780374314347","title":"Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eYALSA AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN NONFICTION WINNER ● \u003cb\u003eFrom the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe 57 Bus \u003c\/i\u003ecomes \u003ci\u003eAccountable\u003c\/i\u003e, 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?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Powerful, timely, and delicately written.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e” —Ibram X. Kendi, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e–bestselling and National Book Award-winning author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUltimately 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAward-winning and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e–bestselling author Dashka Slater has written a must-read book for our era that explores the real-world consequences of online choices.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47917950697712,"sku":"9780374314347","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780374314347_p0.jpg?v=1763767653","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780374314347","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}