{"product_id":"true-notebooks-mark-salzman-9780375727610","title":"True Notebooks: A Writer's Year at Juvenile Hall","description":"In 1997 Mark Salzman, bestselling author \u003cb\u003eIron and Silk\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eLying Awake\u003c\/b\u003e, paid a reluctant visit to a writing class at L.A.'s Central Juvenile Hall, a lockup for violent teenage offenders, many of them charged with murder. What he found so moved and astonished him that he began to teach there regularly. In voices of indelible emotional presence, the boys write about what led them to crime and about the lives that stretch ahead of them behind bars. We see them coming to terms with their crime-ridden pasts and searching for a reason to believe in their future selves. Insightful, comic, honest and tragic, \u003cb\u003eTrue Notebooks \u003c\/b\u003eis an object lesson in the redemptive power of writing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Salzman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0375727612\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780375727610\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/31\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.06h x 5.24w x 0.75d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.3\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 14\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e83240 \/ True Notebooks: A Writer's Year at Juvenile Hall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKliatt\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2004 pg. 34","brand":"Mark Salzman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43980911378687,"sku":"9780375727610","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_aeb4cf3b-7559-4265-bb96-c0f4263e5587.jpg?v=1683252609","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/true-notebooks-mark-salzman-9780375727610","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}