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Loading... The Freedom Writers Diary : How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to…by The Freedom Writers
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Yes, but why is there no apostrophe in the title? ( )An inspirational story about how writing helped "at risk" students turn their lives around. This isn't for the faint of heart however, since the daily horror the students faced are frankly discussed in their diary enteries that make up the majority of the book. I had already read what I thought was a longer version of this book, but maybe it was the same book. Erin Gruwell was a first-year teacher, who was given the students that other teachers considered unteachable. Through a curriculum of tolerance and extensive writing projects, she helped turn these unteachable students into graduates, something that had never been expected of them. This is each student’s diary, excerpted, and I will be interested to hear what my book club kids think about this book. I have already had kids tell me how quickly they read it – I think reading about other teens’ lives is very compelling. But these are very graphic stories of abuse, drugs, alcohol and gangs. It is a violent book, but I think it will challenge them. This is a stunning book, written over the course of four years by high school students dealing with all kinds of horrors, but ready to change themselves and the world through reading books by Anne Frank and Zlata Filipovic. A tad disappointing. The entries seemed to be more about putting together the book then the remarkable ones that made such an impact on people who had read them. Would like to have seen the ones that were so insightful and touching about the lives they led and less the "rah rah we're impowered and making this book". I think hoopla from the movie may have ruined that for me. 0.042 seconds to build listing no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 038549422X, Paperback)Straight from the front line of urban America, the inspiring story of one fiercely determined teacher and her remarkable students. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:57:58 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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