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The Freedom Writers Diary
Erin Gruwell
How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them
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December 2006
On Sale: December 12, 2006
320 pages
ISBN: 0767924908
EAN: 9780767924900
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Non-Fiction Memoir
Shocked by the teenage violence she witnessed during the
Rodney King riots in Los Angeles, Erin Gruwell became a
teacher at a high school rampant with hostility and racial
intolerance. For many of these students–whose ranks included
substance abusers, gang members, the homeless, and victims
of abuse–Gruwell was the first person to treat them with
dignity, to believe in their potential and help them see it
themselves. Soon, their loyalty towards their teacher and
burning enthusiasm to help end violence and intolerance
became a force of its own. Inspired by reading The Diary of
Anne Frank and meeting Zlata Filipovic (the eleven-year old
girl who wrote of her life in Sarajevo during the civil
war), the students began a joint diary of their inner-city
upbringings. Told through anonymous entries to protect their
identities and allow for complete candor, The Freedom
Writers Diary is filled with astounding vignettes from 150
students who, like civil rights activist Rosa Parks and the
Freedom Riders, heard society tell them where to go–and
refused to listen.
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