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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.
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Stand Up For Soraya (Paperback)
Restavek Freedom Writers; Illustrated by Emily Iddings; Translated by Michelle Marrion
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Jenika Sings for Freedom (Paperback)
Restavek Freedom Writers; Illustrated by Emily Iddings; Translated by Michelle Marrion
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