Now, roughly twenty years later, readers can explore DEAR FREEDOM WRITER it's the latest work by The Freedom Writers with Erin Gruwell and offers "Stories of Hardship and Hope from the Next Generation." This new book takes the form of call and response with current students writing about a concern – like grief, racism, substance abuse or being shunned the Freedom Writers draft a letter in response.
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The advice given is lovely! Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the free preview in exchange for an honest review.ĭo you remember the metamorphosis of Erin Gruwell, a young teacher who went from wearing a pearl necklace to really inspiring her students in Long Beach, California? She was a key figure in the 1999 book titled The Freedom Writers' Diary and 2007 movie. All in all, definitely worth a read, very eye opening and an extremely beautiful example of connections being formed around the world. I found it hard to personally relate to many of the struggles in the book, so that aspect made it difficult to read at times as well. I know the responding letters are uplifting and gave advice, but in most it was hard to differentiate a unique writing style, I found many of them used very similar wording and encouragement, so it was a bit boring to read after awhile.
I found the format led to a lot of repetition, which was a bit tedious after awhile of reading. This took me an extremely long time to get through as the material is extremely heavy.
The book in great, and I really appreciated how the letters came from individuals living all over the world, you really get a sense of struggles happening everywhere. In this book, young people from around the world write letters and each letter featured in the book is answered by a member of the Freedom Writer community. This book follows the Freedom Writers (from the book and the movie!), but in a different format.
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