"Looking back, it's hard not to wonder how the whole thing could have been prevented."
"Looking back, it's hard not to wonder how the whole thing could have been prevented."
Dashka Slater does it again. I liked this one better than The 57 Bus. It should be a must-read for every teenager. I love how she uses a mix of narrative, reporting, poetry, and essay to tell the story from multiple perspectives. I imagine this book to be healing to those whose stories it shares.
I think I might use this as a writing prompt with my 11th grade students. It could certainly generate some conversation. What do you think?
This book covers a 2017 a racist Instagram account started by a student at an Albany, CA, high school with many posts directed at classmates and how its discovery was handled by the school system, parents, followers of the account, and those victimized by it. Slater is careful to represent all sides of the issue and researched every aspect thoroughly, to point of too much of a good thing to be honest. It was still a really interesting read.
Oh look my high school is famous! I went there before (90s) the internet and social media became the behemoth they are now. I‘ll let you know what I think.