Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl

Penned secretly in a World War II hideaway, Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl opens a window into the authentic spirit of a real girl living through a period of historic threat. In 1942 in the face of growing danger from the Nazi occupation, a 13-year-old Jewish girl and her family slip into hiding right under the enemy's nose. Cloistered with another family in tight quarters and hushed in suffocating quiet above what was once her father's Amsterdam business, Anne discovers a bit of breathing space as she inks her thoughts, fears, hopes, and experiences in the pages of a plaid-covered diary. In turn thoughtful, powerful, and amusing, Anne's self-told story invites readers to know a young woman whose resilient humanity, though tragically cut down by the Holocaust, endures to speak to us.