Scholastic Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
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Description: One of the enduring books of the 20th century, this is a remarkable account of the horror of the Nazi regime, written by a teenage eyewitness. #top-100-201718-11 #top 100age 11plus #top 100-all #top 100-all 1718 #top 100age 11to 13plus #international-day-of-the-girl-2017 #summer-18 #sum-18 #poppy-field-reading-list. Scholastic Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
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Product ID: 1715
ISBN: 9780141315188
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Author: Sue Shellard
Rating: 5
Review: As powerful as I remember it from when I read it at school many years ago.
Author: Ashleigh @ A frolic through fiction
Rating: 4
Review: Review originally posted on A Frolic Through Fiction (book blog): [...] RATED 4.5/5 STARS I feel like this book has changed me somehow. Even though this is the first non-fiction book I’ve actually enjoyed enough to finish, I somehow knew I’d love this book. I adore history. One of my favourite genres is historical fiction, though I can’t say I’ve read much of it yet. I’m always eager to learn more about history, and the stories I hear really stay with me. So this fascination was sure to set me up for a good read. Right from the start I appreciated how honest Anne Frank was as a person. Partially because of her young age, partially because it was just her personality, not that much from this book is sugar coated in way of details. Sure, she’s hidden away and doesn’t see the brunt of the war while writing her diary, but even from the events that do happen to her and her family, you can tell just how much the war had affected everyone. I’m pretty sure most people have at least heard the basis of Anne Frank’s story. Before starting this book, I knew that she and her family had hidden in an “attic” for ages during the war. And it didn’t end well. That’s all I knew. And really, that’s all most people know, unless they read up on the story. So seeing how much more complicated their hiding was, I couldn’t quite believe it. And yet… I feel like that’s why this book affected me so much. Before reading this book, everything I had ever heard from history had been taught to me during history lessons, through my own research, or through a fictional character. So to read this book and know that once upon a time, this actually DID happen? To real people? That…really struck a chord with me. Especially when I saw the photographs of everyone mentioned. Hearing about war from the voice of a thirteen year old was really hard-hitting. To see someone so young understand the injustice of it all, and to see her constantly trying to keep her spirits high through it all – well, it can be difficult to read. And yet, I felt like I owed it to her to read her story. “I’ve found that there is always some beauty left — in nature, sunshine, freedom, in yourself; these can all help you.” She wanted to be a writer. She wanted her stories, her “fairy tales” shared. She wanted to leave her mark on the world. And even though it’s not how she hoped…she did ultimately achieve all those things. And for me, I hate hate hate the fact that she didn’t get to see how much she’d achieve. When this diary ends, and you’re left with the small update on what happened to everyone…that’s probably the hardest part to read. To go through this journey with them all, and to see how it all turned out – whether you liked them or not, it’s hard to miss that sinking feeling in your stomach. To get so close and yet so far. To know what Anne had hoped for, and to see how that turned out. It was just a very painful reminder that all those things I learnt in my history lessons happened to real people. Thousands upon thousands of people suffered during the war, and we can only begin to imagine the scale of it. Books like this should be read by everyone. I know it might be uncomfortable to read. But it happened. To go through that tension, hope, fear, constant sense of waiting, even just through the words on a page while you sit safely tucked away at home – it made this book a really powerful story. And this gave me so much more understanding than I had previously…I don’t think I’ll ever forget this story. I never thought I’d feel this heavy-hearted for a girl who died so long ago.
