The Freedom Writers Diary (20th Anniversary Edition): How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them

The Freedom Writers · Erin Gruwell

abr 2007 · Distribuido por Crown

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The twentieth anniversary edition of the classic story of an incredible group of students and the teacher who inspired them, featuring updates on the students’ lives, new journal entries, and an introduction by Erin Gruwell
 
Now a public television documentary, Freedom Writers: Stories from the Heart
 
In 1994, an idealistic first-year teacher in Long Beach, California, named Erin Gruwell confronted a room of “unteachable, at-risk” students. She had intercepted a note with an ugly racial caricature and angrily declared that this was precisely the sort of thing that led to the Holocaust. She was met by uncomprehending looks—none of her students had heard of one of the defining moments of the twentieth century. So she rebooted her entire curriculum, using treasured books such as Anne Frank’s diary as her guide to combat intolerance and misunderstanding. Her students began recording their thoughts and feelings in their own diaries, eventually dubbing themselves the “Freedom Writers.”
 
Consisting of powerful entries from the students’ diaries and narrative text by Erin Gruwell, The Freedom Writers Diary is an unforgettable story of how hard work, courage, and determination changed the lives of a teacher and her students. In the two decades since its original publication, the book has sold more than one million copies and inspired a major motion picture Freedom Writers. And now, with this twentieth-anniversary edition, readers are brought up to date on the lives of the Freedom Writers, as they blend indispensable takes on social issues with uplifting stories of attending college—and watch their own children follow in their footsteps. The Freedom Writers Diary remains a vital read for anyone who believes in second chances.

Calificaciones y opiniones

Yo solo he visto la película,pero la gente dice que los libros son mejores que las películas y ya que me encanto, veré si con este libro cojo el gusto a la lectura me gustaría que pudiese venir a nuestro instituto "Alonso de avellaneda" pero creo que no podría ser ya que vivimos en Alcala de Henares ya que ella se encuentra en estados unidos y nosotros en España pero si pudiese venir,la preguntaría muchas cosas y esta es mi opinión espero que ella la pueda leer

No lei el libro vi la pelicula EXELENTE no consigo la version en castellano .me podrian ayudar

Vi la película y me gustó. Se que el libro está en inglés, pero alguien sabe si la compra se hace en moneda local o es en dolar estadounidense? Ojalá me puedan orientar. Gracias.

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Erin Gruwell and the Freedom Writers continue to share their stories with students and teachers from around the globe through their nonprofit, the Freedom Writers Foundation. They are the subject of the 2019 public television documentary Freedom Writers: Stories from the Heart, and the 2007 feature film Freedom Writers, starring Hilary Swank. Gruwell lives in Long Beach.