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Diary Of a Young Girl by Anne Frank Reviewed by Abby |
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Anne Frank was a 14-year-old Jewish girl in hiding during the
World War II. She, her family, and another family shared a tiny
house known as the "Secret Annex". During the two years
in the house, before she was taken to a concentration camp, she
kept a diary. She wrote everything that happened in the "Secret
Annex", big and small. From her own perspective of the war
going on outside, to her secret attraction for Peter Van Dann,
the son of the other family that was staying with them. She writes
down conversations between the two families and thoughts of what
would happen if they were discovered. Many times robbers come
into the old office building and Anne is afraid that they are
the Nazis coming to take them away. She longs to go outside and
to be free from the horrible place she is trapped in. Anne feels that her whole family, except her dad Pim, doesn't understand her. She confides in Peter and spends many hours with him in his own part of the house talking about absolutely anything possible. Her family nags her not to spend so much time with him, but they just don't understand that she needs someone like Peter to talk to. Many more things happen, but they are much too complicated to write down in any other words but Anne's. I like this book because when I finished reading it, I felt like I knew Anne, because she put all her feelings into her writing and told all her secrets. I recommend this book to grades 5th through 8th. |
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