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True Notebooks: A Writer's Year at Juvenile Hall
by Mark Salzman
3.5 ⭐️
I didn’t plan on reading this. I was just trying to figure out what to read next and I picked this up off my shelf. After reading the first chapter and laughing out loud I said I had to read it.
You follow the author Mark Salzman in the year 1997. He goes to a juvenile hall and is a teacher of a writing class. He helps these young men learn more about themselves and the world. Morals, mistakes, goals, etc. Its a real eye opener.
I really enjoyed this book. The writing the boys produced was so beautifully written. While reading I felt like I was in that library two days a week with them. Laughing and cracking jokes. You really see these men grow from scared or tough boys to men. Like I said they learn a lot about themselves. With Mark coming to see them twice a week it showed them that somebody cared for them. They weren’t “useless”, “a jailbird” or “never going to amount to anything” Mark showed them that they had potential which they realized after the first couple of writing classes.
I really suggest people read this because it gives you a taste into the minds of these prisoners.
I didn’t plan on reading this. I was just trying to figure out what to read next and I picked this up off my shelf. After reading the first chapter and laughing out loud I said I had to read it.
You follow the author Mark Salzman in the year 1997. He goes to a juvenile hall and is a teacher of a writing class. He helps these young men learn more about themselves and the world. Morals, mistakes, goals, etc. Its a real eye opener.
I really enjoyed this book. The writing the boys produced was so beautifully written. While reading I felt like I was in that library two days a week with them. Laughing and cracking jokes. You really see these men grow from scared or tough boys to men. Like I said they learn a lot about themselves. With Mark coming to see them twice a week it showed them that somebody cared for them. They weren’t “useless”, “a jailbird” or “never going to amount to anything” Mark showed them that they had potential which they realized after the first couple of writing classes.
I really suggest people read this because it gives you a taste into the minds of these prisoners.