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| Foreword | |
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| Freshman Year--Fall 1994 | |
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| Ms. Gruwell's Diary Entry | |
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| First day of school | |
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| Racial segregation at school | |
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| Getting "jumped" | |
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| Race riot on campus | |
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| Buying a gun | |
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| Death of a friend | |
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| Gang initiation | |
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| "Rushing" a sorority | |
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| Tagging | |
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| Proposition 187: Discrimination | |
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| Dyslexia | |
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| Juvenile hall | |
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| The projects | |
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| Russian roulette | |
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| Freshman Year--Spring 1995 | |
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| Ms. Gruwell's Diary Entry | |
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| Romeo and Juliet: Gang rivalry | |
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| Teenage love and running away | |
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| Coping with weight | |
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| Learning about diversity | |
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| Oklahoma bombing | |
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| Farewell to Manzanar: Japanese internment camps | |
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| Overcoming adversity panel | |
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| John Tu: Father figure vs. absent father | |
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| Freshman turnaround | |
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| Sophomore Year--Fall 1995 | |
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| Ms. Gruwell's Diary Entry | |
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| Homelessness | |
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| Cystic fibrosis | |
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| Shyness | |
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| Twelve Angry Men | |
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| Honors English | |
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| Medieval Times | |
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| Lesson on tolerance | |
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| Toast for change | |
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| Change for the better | |
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| Testifying in murder case | |
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| Teenage alcoholism | |
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| Shoplifting | |
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| Anne Frank's diary | |
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| Teen diarists | |
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| Zlata's Diary--Bosnia vs. L.A. riots | |
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| Peter Maass: Article on Bosnia | |
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| Zlata | |
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| Sophomore Year--Spring 1996 | |
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| A Letter to Zlata | |
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| Ms. Gruwell's Diary Entry | |
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| Meeting a Holocaust survivor | |
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| The woman who sheltered Anne Frank's family | |
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| "Moment" | |
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| Zlata accepts our invitation | |
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| Dinner with Zlata | |
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| Diverse friendships | |
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| "I am a human being" | |
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| Terrorism | |
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| Day of tolerance: A field trip | |
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| Doing speed | |
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| Basketball for Bosnia: Weight | |
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| Zlata's Letter | |
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| Divorce | |
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| Friends join class | |
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| Letter from Miep | |
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| Junior Year--Fall 1996 | |
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| Ms. Gruwell's Diary Entry | |
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| Racist teacher | |
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| A grandmother's death | |
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| Race riot | |
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| Grade accountability | |
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| Suicide | |
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| Running away | |
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| Getting a job | |
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| Misogyny | |
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| Molestation | |
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| Boyfriend abuse | |
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| Domestic violence | |
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| Child abuse | |
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| Death of brother | |
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| Junior Year--Spring 1997 | |
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| Ms. Gruwell's Diary Entry | |
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| Anne Frank's friends visit | |
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| Masking fears | |
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| Living in the projects | |
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| Dyslexia | |
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| Letter from Miep | |
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| Student editing | |
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| Abortion | |
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| Catalysts for change | |
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| Freedom Riders | |
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| An American Diary . . . Voices from an Undeclared War | |
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| Fund-raiser concert | |
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| Freedom Writer poem | |
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| Freedom Writers unite | |
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| Strict father | |
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| Arlington Cemetery | |
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| Lincoln Memorial: Freedom Writers have a dream | |
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| Covering up the swastika | |
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| Hate crimes | |
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| Holocaust Museum | |
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| Dr. Mengele's experiment with twins | |
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| Dinner with Secretary Riley | |
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| "Stand" | |
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| Secretary Riley receives Freedom Writers' diary | |
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| Candlelight vigil | |
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| Departing D.C. | |
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| Returning a family hero | |
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| Jeremy Strohmeyer: Murder | |
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| David Cash | |
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| Peace march for Sherrice Iverson | |
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| Senior Class President | |
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| Separation anxiety | |
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| Staying together | |
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| Senior Year--Fall 1997 | |
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| Ms. Gruwell's Diary Entry | |
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| Cheryl Best: Inspiration | |
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| "Eviction Notice" | |
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| Financial problems | |
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| Illegal immigrant | |
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| The first Latina Secretary of Education | |
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| Pursuing filmmaking | |
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| Road not taken: Contemplating college | |
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| Finding a mentor | |
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| Being a mentor | |
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| Los Angeles Times article | |
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| A letter from prison | |
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| Deadbeat dad | |
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| Sorority hazing | |
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| Fear of losing a father | |
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| Death of a mother | |
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| Senior Year--Spring 1998 | |
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| Ms. Gruwell's Diary Entry | |
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| Guess? sponsorship | |
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| Spirit of Anne Frank Award | |
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| New York City roommates | |
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| Celebrating Anne Frank | |
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| Abuse of power | |
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| Peter Maass: The role of a journalist | |
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| Book agent | |
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| Getting published | |
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| Basketball playoffs: Teamwork | |
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| A lesson from Animal Farm | |
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| Attitude adjustment | |
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| Introducing Senator Barbara Boxer | |
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| Attention deficit disorder | |
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| Homosexuality | |
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| Prom queen | |
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| "Whoever saves one life saves the world entire" | |
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| Breaking the cycle | |
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| Football all-American | |
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| Baseball dilemma | |
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| A college acceptance | |
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| Fear of abandonment | |
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| Teenage pregnancy | |
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| Southwest Airlines | |
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| Computers for college! | |
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| The giving tree: Crackhead parents | |
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| Graduation Class Speaker | |
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| From drugs to honors | |
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| Overcoming the odds | |
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| Graduation! | |
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| Epilogue | |
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| Acknowledgments | |