Matthew was simply walking home when a van full of gangsters pulled him into their car, drove him down to the railroad tracks, beat him up and then shot him repeatedly in the head. My cousin Matthew was shot five times in the head by a Mexican gang on February 8, 1996. What could I say to a mother whose son just died? When I saw her at Christmas, I didn’t even know what to say. Since then, Maria has traveled across the country speaking to educators, at-risk youth, and community leaders about the power of education and the need to give students a second chance. His final words were “I love you.” He died on December 8, 1995, just a couple weeks before Christmas. Maria and her classmates began writing in diaries that were later compiled and published in a nwnber one New York Times best-selling book- The Freedom Writers Diary. (Or is it?) My close friend Richard was shot in the heart by a carjacker who was trying to steal his mom’s car. The strange thing is…my country is not i. printdisabled internetarchivebooks china. Your friends died of gunshots and my friend Richard, who was fifteen, and my cousin Matthew, who was nineteen, also died of gunshots. Teenagers - United States - Diaries., Toleration - United States. In your diary you said you watched out for snipers and gunshots. I am a fifteen-year-old teenage boy whose life seems to be similar to yours. To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:īut what’s so free about a land where people get killed? My name is Thomas (Tommy) Jefferson from Wilson High School in Long Beach, California. What reading level is The Freedom Writers Diary book?
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