The Freedom Writers.
THE FREEDOM WRITERS DIARY : HOW A TEACHER AND 150 TEENS USED WRTING TO CHANGE THEMSELVES AND THE WORLD AROUND THEM
New York : Broadway Books, 2001
IL YA
ISBN 038549422X

The Freedom Writers Diary is a great book because of what happens throughout the whole story. The whole book is about how a teacher and 150 teens used writing to change themselves and the world around them. A lot of those students were the first to graduate from high school in their family.  Throughout the story the other teachers had bad judgments from Miss Gruwell. They thought that because those kids she was going to teach she would leave in the 2nd day. I totally recommend you to read this book even though it has a little bad words but other than this you should read it. I also recommend you to go see the movie. Its called The Freedom Writers. its the same as the book but I think the movie was better than the book.  I totally recommend you to read the book first and then go watch the movie.  (Mayra Aceves, Student)

Booktalk #2

This book is about how "sure to drop out" high school students, with the help of their devoted teacher change their ways to become better people.  They deal with problems such as drugs, gang violence, harassment, and much more.  They fight for what they believe in by giving speeches to younger kids and telling their story to the media.  They share their experiences with other people so that everyone can learn a little bit from them and not make the same mistakes they did. (Student)