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A story of inner-city kids raised on drive-by shootings and hard-core attitude-and the teacher who gives them the one thing they need most: a voice of their own. Dropped into the free-zone of a school torn by violence and racial tension, teacher Erin Gruwell battles an uncaring system ina fight to...

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Main Authors: Dempsey, Patrick , 1966- (Author), DeVito, Danny (Author), Glenn, Scott , 1942- (Author), Gruwell, Erin (Author), Isham, Mark (Author), LaGravenese, Richard (Author), Shamberg, Michael (Author), Sher, Stacey (Author), Staunton, Imelda , 1953- (Author), Swank, Hilary (Author)
Corporate Authors: MTV Films (Firm), Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm), Paramount Pictures Corporation, The Freedom Writers diary : how a teacher and 150 teens used writing to change themselves and the world around them
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Australia : Paramount Pictures , c2007
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650 0 |a Student publications   |z California   |v Drama 
650 0 |a Teacher-student relationships   |z California   |v Drama 
650 0 |a Urban schools   |z California   |v Drama 
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700 1 |a Isham, Mark ,   |e author 
700 1 |a LaGravenese, Richard ,   |e author 
700 1 |a Shamberg, Michael ,   |e author 
700 1 |a Sher, Stacey ,   |e author 
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700 1 |a Swank, Hilary ,   |e author 
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