Okay, we're one week away from the end of August, so I'm going to make a decision. Shirley is the only one (so far) who has spoken up about my suggestion that we read The Freedom Writers Diary by The Freedom Writers with Erin Gruwell (1999). Shirley's all for it, and I know Alison has read the book and is troubled by the situation of the teacher suspended for a year and a half for distributing the book to her students. Therefore, it's official. This is the book we'll discuss in September.
If you want to know more about Erin Gruwell, the teacher who had her students write diaries, read about her at these places online:Freedom Writers FoundationAnd here are a couple of YouTube videos about the Freedom Writers from the movie:
Wikipedia's "Erin Gruwell"
Getting started
Read an excerpt online
What we said about the book
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