7 must-read nonfiction books like Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed by Dashka Slater

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

By: Dashka Slater

4.30

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

When a high school student started a private Instagram account that used racist and sexist memes to…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed by Dashka Slater , here is a list of 7 books like this:

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1. Black Girl You Are Atlas

By: Renée Watson

4.61

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

A thoughtful celebration of Black girlhood by award-winning author and poet Renée Watson. In thi… read more

Similar categories in Renée Watson's Black Girl You Are Atlas book and Dashka Slater's Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed

  • race
  • teen
  • audiobook
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2. The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

By: Nicholas Day

4.15

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A propulsive work of narrative nonfiction about how the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre, how t… read more

Similar categories in Nicholas Day's The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity book and Dashka Slater's Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed

  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
"Leonard da Vinci had painted the Mona Lisa. But Vincenzo Perugia had turned it into The Mona Lisa."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

"The Lourve, he concluded, with an insult designed to puncture French pride, "is less well protected than a Spanish museum."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

"If the Mona Lisa is the most famous face in art history, Les Demoiselles is a hatchet thrown at it. It's not a pretty painting. Its brutal and uncomfortable."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

"Word of his midnight activities gets out. 'The pope has found out that I have skinned three corpses,' Leonardo writes in his notebook. He gets off easy. He's simply told: please stop skinning corpses."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

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3. A First Time for Everything

By: Dan Santat

4.39

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A middle grade graphic memoir based on bestselling author and Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat's awkwa… read more

Similar categories in Dan Santat's A First Time for Everything book and Dashka Slater's Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed

  • nonfiction
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4. Mascot

By: Charles Waters

4.02

Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition

What if a school's mascot is seen as racist, but not by everyone? In this compelling middle-grade n… read more

Similar categories in Charles Waters's Mascot book and Dashka Slater's Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed

  • social justice
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5. Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam

By: Thien Pham

4.29

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A moving young adult graphic memoir about a Vietnamese immigrant boy's search for belonging in Amer… read more

Similar categories in Thien Pham's Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam book and Dashka Slater's Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed

  • nonfiction
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6. Lunar New Year Love Story

By: Gene Luen Yang

4.41

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Graphic novel superstars Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham join forces in this heartwarming rom-com ab… read more

Similar categories in Gene Luen Yang's Lunar New Year Love Story book and Dashka Slater's Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed

  • teen
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7. Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

By: Pedro Martín

4.27

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A poignant, hilarious, and unforgettable graphic memoir about a Mexican-American boy’s family and t… read more

Similar categories in Pedro Martín's Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir book and Dashka Slater's Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed

  • nonfiction
"It was like the driveway at Disneyland but with way more automatic weapons."

-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

"I like to say that my stories are 100% true 90% of the time. My memory and my heart like to play tricks on each other. The results are what makes my stories."

-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

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8. Simon Sort of Says

By: Erin Bow

4.31

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Simon O’Keeffe’s biggest claim to fame should be the time his dad accidentally gave a squirrel a ho… read more

Similar categories in Erin Bow's Simon Sort of Says book and Dashka Slater's Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed

  • audiobook
  • mental health
"Dad picks Denver [to get his rabies shots], and he's totally fine, but he's going to be away for three days. "Just like Jesus," Mom says. I can hear the phone say, "Isobel!"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

"In the tabernacle did the [squirrel]--" "Eat the Host?" says Dad. "Yes he did." "And was it--" "Consecrated?" says Dad. "Yes it was." ... "What, uh, happened to the squirrel?" "That squirrel is now 3…"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

"The dog- Todd?- looks up from its leaking beer, puffs a sigh, then crosses the room to head-butt the fridge door closed. "Ummm" I manage "Did you see he got a--" "It's okay," she says. "He only has o…"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

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9. Impossible Escape: A True Story of Survival and Heroism in Nazi Europe

By: Steve Sheinkin

4.49

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A true story of two Jewish teenagers racing against time during the Holocaust—one in hiding in Hung… read more

Similar categories in Steve Sheinkin's Impossible Escape: A True Story of Survival and Heroism in Nazi Europe book and Dashka Slater's Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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10. Rez Ball

By: Byron Graves

4.16

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

This debut novel by Byron Graves tells the story of a young athlete determined to play like the her… read more

Similar categories in Byron Graves's Rez Ball book and Dashka Slater's Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed

  • teen
  • audiobook
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11. Promise Boys

By: Nick Brooks

3.99

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Promise Boys is a blockbuster, dark academia mystery about three teens of color who must investigat… read more

Similar categories in Nick Brooks's Promise Boys book and Dashka Slater's Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed

  • audiobook
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12. And Then, Boom!

By: Lisa Fipps

4.69

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A gripping new novel-in-verse by the author of the Printz Honor-winning Starfish , featuring a pove… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Fipps's And Then, Boom! book and Dashka Slater's Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed

  • audiobook
"Friendship is being there to notice someone's about to fall, to try to keep them from falling, to catch them when they fall or to cushion the blow when they do, to feel what they're feeling, and to u…"

-Lisa Fipps, And Then, Boom!

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13. Saints of the Household

By: Ari Tison

4.12

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Saints of the Household is a haunting contemporary YA about an act of violence in a small-town--tol… read more

Similar categories in Ari Tison's Saints of the Household book and Dashka Slater's Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed

  • audiobook
  • mental health
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14. Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed

By: Dashka Slater

4.30

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

When a high school student started a private Instagram account that used racist and sexist memes to… read more

Similar categories in Dashka Slater's Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed book and Dashka Slater's Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed

  • high school
  • race
  • true crime
  • teen
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • social media
  • education
  • audiobook
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15. The Collectors

By: A.S. King

3.46

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From Michael L. Printz Award winner A.S. King and an all-star team of contributors including Anna-M… read more

Similar categories in A.S. King's The Collectors book and Dashka Slater's Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed

  • teen
  • audiobook
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16. Louder Than Hunger

By: John Schu

4.55

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

Revered teacher, librarian, and story ambassador John Schu explores anorexia—and self-expression as… read more

Similar categories in John Schu's Louder Than Hunger book and Dashka Slater's Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed

  • audiobook
  • mental health
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17. This Book Won't Burn

By: Samira Ahmed

4.28

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Internment comes a timely and gripping social-suspens… read more

Similar categories in Samira Ahmed's This Book Won't Burn book and Dashka Slater's Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed

  • social justice
  • teen
  • audiobook
"Book banning has long been used to silence those who want to speak out, those who are unwilling to be gaslit into thinking they're living in the best of all possible worlds."

-Samira Ahmed, This Book Won't Burn

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18. Gather

By: Kenneth M. Cadow

4.43

Format: 292 pages, Hardcover

A resourceful teenager in rural Vermont struggles to hold on to the family home while his mom recov… read more

Similar categories in Kenneth M. Cadow's Gather book and Dashka Slater's Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed

  • teen
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19. The Blood Years

By: Elana K. Arnold

4.32

Format: 390 pages, Hardcover

The harrowing story of a young girl's struggle to survive the Holocaust in Romania. Frederieke T… read more

Similar categories in Elana K. Arnold's The Blood Years book and Dashka Slater's Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed

  • audiobook
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20. Forever Is Now

By: Mariama J. Lockington

4.28

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A poignant and lyrical young adult novel-in-verse about a Black teen coming of age in an anxiety-in… read more

Similar categories in Mariama J. Lockington's Forever Is Now book and Dashka Slater's Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed

  • mental health
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21. America Redux: Visual Stories from Our Dynamic History

By: Ariel Aberg-Riger

4.48

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A critical, unflinching cultural history and fierce beacon of hope for a better future, America Red… read more

Similar categories in Ariel Aberg-Riger's America Redux: Visual Stories from Our Dynamic History book and Dashka Slater's Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed

  • social justice
  • nonfiction
  • teen

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

Transform Your Habits

Black Girl You Are Atlas

Renée Watson

4.61

Transform Your Habits

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Nicholas Day

4.15

Transform Your Habits

Simon Sort of Says

Erin Bow

4.31

Transform Your Habits

Impossible Escape: A True Story of Survival and Heroism in Nazi Europe

Steve Sheinkin

4.49

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The Eyes and the Impossible

Dave Eggers

4.25

Transform Your Habits

Ferris

Kate DiCamillo

4.30

Transform Your Habits

The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

Nicholas Day

4.15

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The Lost Year

Katherine Marsh

4.50

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