The Freedom Writers Diary (20th Anniversary Edition) by The Freedom Writers and Erin Gruwell

Students discover the power of telling their own stories

Very Good Condition - Covers show light scuffs, small marks and rubbed edges and corners, with slight outward curl.

When first-year teacher Erin Gruwell challenges prejudice in her Long Beach classroom, she begins a project that will transform both her teaching and her students' expectations. Reading accounts such as Anne Frank's diary encourages the teenagers to record their own experiences of violence, discrimination, family difficulties and hope. Their journal entries reveal lives often dismissed by the education system and the growing understanding that emerges when they listen to one another. Combined with Gruwell's narrative, the diaries document a classroom becoming a community through writing. This twentieth anniversary edition includes additional entries and an introduction by Gruwell, returning to the Freedom Writers' experiences and the lasting influence of a project built around giving young people a voice.