{"product_id":"true-notebooks-a-writers-year-at-juvenile-hall-paperback","title":"True Notebooks: A Writer's Year at Juvenile Hall - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMark Salzman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1997 Mark Salzman, bestselling author Iron and Silk and Lying Awake, 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, True Notebooks is an object lesson in the redemptive power of writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark Salzman is the author of \u003cb\u003eIron \u0026amp; Silk\u003c\/b\u003e, an account of his two years in China; \u003cb\u003eLost in Place\u003c\/b\u003e, a memoir; and the novels \u003cb\u003eThe Laughing Sutra, The Soloist\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eLying Awake\u003c\/b\u003e. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, the filmmaker Jessica Yu, and their daughter, Ava.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 8.06 x 5.24 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 31, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e True Notebooks: A Writer's Year at Juvenile Hall\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5.3\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 14\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42152201355399,"sku":"9780375727610","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/e0311a627261d0130527723d49556263.webp?v=1733212421","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/true-notebooks-a-writers-year-at-juvenile-hall-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}