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The Freedom Writers Diary: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them (Tie-In Edition) by Erin Gruwell, The Freedom Writers, Zlata Filipovic (Foreword), Freedom Writers Staff Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2006 ISBN-10: 0-7679-2490-8 / 0767924908 ISBN-13: 978-0-7679-2490-0 / 9780767924900 #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER & NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTUREShocked by the teenage violence she witnessed during the Rodney King riots in Los Angeles, Erin Gruwell became a teacher at a high school rampant with hostility and racial intolerance. For many of these students–whose ranks included substance |