The Story Behind My Book

The story behind my book is it was originaly something the teacher, Ms. Gruwell, came up with to get to know her students better. After having the them write in their diary every night, she learn what they were going thru and could relate to them more. But first, she had them read The Diary of Anne Frank, to guide them and help them write better. Along the way of the students' high school years , they came up with different foundations, such as "The Freedom Riders" . As they writing and telling their stories , with all their hard , their stories are published on "Prime Time Live" and "All Things Considered" coverage in People magazine and more. And at the end of it all, all 150 students that Ms. Gruwell worked with, graduated from high school and college.