The Freedom Writers diary : how a teacher and 150 teens used writing to change themselves and the world around them
by
Freedom Writers.
Title
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The Freedom Writers diary : how a teacher and 150 teens used writing to change themselves and the world around them
Author
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Freedom Writers.
ISBN
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9780767924900
Corporate Author
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Freedom Writers.
Edition
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Movie tie-in ed.
Publication Information
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New York : Broadway Books, [2006]
Physical Description
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xvii, 292 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
General Note
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"Now a major motion picture from Paramount Pictures. Starring Hilary Swank"--Cover.
Excerpt from Gruwell's forthcoming book Teach with your heart: p. [280]-290.
Contents
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Freshman year, Fall of 1994 -- Freshman year, Spring 1995 -- Sophomore year, Fall 1995 -- Sophomore year, Spring 1996 -- Junior year, Fall 1996 -- Junior year, Spring 1997 -- Senior year, Fall 1997 -- Senior year, Spring 1998.
Abstract
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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 ... With powerful entries from the students' own diaries and a narrative text by [her, this book] is an uplifting, unforgettable example of how hard work, courage, and the spirit of determination changed the lives of a teacher and her students.-Back cover.
Subject Term
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Teenagers -- United States -- Diaries.
Toleration -- United States.
Added Author
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Gruwell, Erin.