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The Long Beach Public Library Foundation and the CSULB Center for Educational Technology and Learning invite you to read along, as members of the Freedom Writers read excerpts from their diary.

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The Freedom Writers Diary: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them . By the Freedom Writers with Erin Gruwell . Broadway Books.

Excerpts selected by the Freedom Writers. Excerpts courtesy of Erin Gruwell and the Tolerance Education Foundation, © 1999.

Narration provided by members of the Freedom Writers. (p) 2004, The Freedom Writers

Recording by Mat Kaplan, University College and Extension Services

The e-book interface was developed through a collaboration of the Center for Educational Technology and Learning, CSULB, and USTeach, Inc., Santa Cruz CA , to promote the development of reading fluency and reading comprehension, with funding from the Institute of Education Sciences , U.S. Department of Education.

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