Teach With Your Heart, pg. 177-227

These six chapters are fill with so many different experiences and a lot of change compared to the previous chapters. Starting with her students graduation followed by college careers, Mrs. G decides the Freedom Writers should attend one last trip together. They plan a trip to Europe to see Auschwitz, Anne Frank's attic and Sarajevo where Zlata was from. The 50 Freedom Writers who attended this trip were captivated by every thing they encountered on the trip and the Freedom Writer family become closer than ever. Once they were back in California, the "Diary of Freedom Writers", the book they had put together, was published and Maria, Henry, Sonia and Mrs. G began a whirlwind trip of book signing tours. While in Washington, D.C., Mrs. G was approached by a congress men who thought she should run for congress. After a few months and some persuading, Erin agreed to run. With the help of her Freedom Writers and her campaign manager, Erin put up a good fight but in the end she did not win.
So much changed in the lives of all the characters in this book within these chapters. The students graduated and began college. Mrs. G began teaching at California State University, teahcing future teachers. It's interesting; their trip to Europe brought them so close along with their book publication, but when Mrs. G began to run to for congress they started to be pulled apart. Her campaign pushed the Freedom Writers out, when all they wanted to do was help Mrs. G. It will be interesting to see what happens in the following chapters and how their story really 'ends'.