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The Freedom Writers Diary: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them by Freedom Writers, Erin Gruwell (Paperback, 1999)
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Will they think I"m out of touch or too preppy?. Or worse yet, that I"m too young to be taken seriously?. Even though I spent last year as a student teacher at Wilson High School, I"m still learning my way around the city.
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER & NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE Straight from the front line of urban America, the inspiring story of one fiercely determined teacher and her remarkable students. As an idealistic twenty-three-year-old English teacher at Wilson High School in Long beach, California, Erin Gruwell confronted a room of unteachable, at-risk students. One day she intercepted a note with an ugly racial caricature, and angrily declared that this was precisely the sort of thing that led to the Holocaust-only to be met by uncomprehending looks. So she and her students, using the treasured books Anne Frank- The Diary of a Young Girl and Zlata's Diary- A Child's Life in Sarajevo as their guides, undertook a life-changing, eye-opening, spirit-raising odyssey against intolerance and misunderstanding. They learned to see the parallels in these books to their own lives, recording their thoughts and feelings in diaries and dubbing themselves the Freedom Writers in homage to the civil rights activists The Freedom Riders. With funds raised by a Read-a-thon for Tolerance, they arranged for Miep Gies, the courageous Dutch woman who sheltered the Frank family, to visit them in California, where she declared that Erin Gruwell's students were the real heroes. Their efforts have paid off spectacularly, both in terms of recognition-appearances on Prime Time Live and All Things Considered, coverage in People magazine, a meeting with U.S. Secretary of Education Richard Riley-and educationally. All 150 Freedom Writers have graduated from high school and are now attending college. With powerful entries from the students' own diaries and a narrative text by Erin Gruwell, The Freedom Writers Diary is an uplifting, unforgettable example of how hard work, courage, and the spirit of determination changed the lives of a teacher and her students. The authors' proceeds from this book will be donated to The Tolerance Education Foundation, an organization set up to pay for the Freedom Writers' college tuition. Erin Gruwell is now a visiting professor at California State University, Long Beach, where some of her students are Freedom Writers.Product Identifiers
PublisherBroadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc)
ISBN-10038549422x
ISBN-139780385494229
eBay Product ID (ePID)93463495
Product Key Features
Number of Pages316 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameThe Freedom Writers Diary: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them
Publication Year1999
SubjectSocial Sciences, Education
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaEducation & Teaching
AuthorFreedom Writers, Erin Gruwell
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height203 mm
Item Weight334 g
Item Width133 mm
Height203mm
Width133mm
Weight317g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Title_AuthorFreedom Writers, Erin Gruwell
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, life changing
Amazing story, must read and watch movie too Life Changing book will.make you cryVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
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- 03 Mar, 2022
True story of triumph over adversity.
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