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Me and Banksy
- Narrated by: Veronica Hortiguela
- Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins
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Summary
A Banksy-style protest against cameras in classrooms brings a group of middle-grade students together. For fans of Rebecca Stead, Susin Nielsen, and Gordon Korman.
Dominica's private school is covered in cameras, and someone is hacking into them and posting embarrassing moments for the whole school to see. Like Ana picking her nose. When Dominica quickly changes her shirt from inside out in what she thinks is the privacy of a quiet corner in the library, she's shocked - and embarrassed - to discover a video has captured this and is currently circulating amongst her schoolmates. So mortifying, especially since over the past three years, they've had a half-dozen school talks about social media safety.
Who has access to the school security cameras and why are they doing this? Dominica and her best friends, Holden and Saanvi, are determined to find out, and in the process start an art-based student campaign against cameras in the classroom.
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Critic reviews
2021, Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards, Short-listed
2021, Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize, Short-listed
2021, Surrey Schools Book of the Year, Nominated
2021, National Chapter IODE Violet Downey Award, Short-listed
2022, Chocolate Lily Award, Nominated
2022, Red Cedar Book Award, Winner
2022, Rocky Mountain Book Award, Nominated
“Kyi...examines the large and small impacts of living in a surveillance society, but her faith in youth and art makes this story anything but dystopian.” (Publishers Weekly)
“Me and Banksy is engaging, well-plotted, and ultimately thought-provoking novel." (CM Reviews)