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After the death of her child, a grief-stricken psychotherapist volunteers as a poetry teacher at a residential treatment facility for delinquent girls. Here, their mutual support is nourishing and enriching to them all, though not without large quantities of drama and recalcitrance. For fans of the acclaimed movies Stand and Deliver and The Freedom Writers Diary comes I Am Not a Juvenile Delinquent .
Selling Points: • Healing from grief can come in surprising ways, as it did for both the girls and me. It can come through the acts of writing and sharing our writing with each other, across generations and social classes. • There is not only a need but a curiosity and interest to know the “secret lives” of those behind bars or in detention centers; the great success of a program like “Orange Is The New Black” certainly emphasizes this point. Much of “I Am Not a Juvenile Delinquent” details the daily experiences of girls in detention, which are compelling, appealing, poignant and often hilarious. • The importance to the world of knowing the potential this population and breaking stereotypes, especially at this time of political tumult, the rising tides of racism and prejudice. Much of the world too easily slaps labels (“juvenile delinquent”) on these kids with little understanding or concern about how they arrived in these circumstances, and therefore incarcerates them with little regard to their emotional needs and rehabilitation.
Selling Points: • Healing from grief can come in surprising ways, as it did for both the girls and me. It can come through the acts of writing and sharing our writing with each other, across generations and social classes. • There is not only a need but a curiosity and interest to know the “secret lives” of those behind bars or in detention centers; the great success of a program like “Orange Is The New Black” certainly emphasizes this point. Much of “I Am Not a Juvenile Delinquent” details the daily experiences of girls in detention, which are compelling, appealing, poignant and often hilarious. • The importance to the world of knowing the potential this population and breaking stereotypes, especially at this time of political tumult, the rising tides of racism and prejudice. Much of the world too easily slaps labels (“juvenile delinquent”) on these kids with little understanding or concern about how they arrived in these circumstances, and therefore incarcerates them with little regard to their emotional needs and rehabilitation.
