Anne Frank: Anne Frank

By Ruth Ashby

Book Overview

In 1933, at the age of four, Anne Frank and her family fled from the Nazis in Germany and sought safe haven in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. In 1940, when the Germans invaded the Netherlands, the Frank family once again feared for their lives. Like tens of thousands of Dutch Jews, the Franks went into hiding. They lived in several hidden rooms -- known as the "Secret Annex" -- above Mr. Frank's office building. It was there that Anne wrote her now-famous diary. The Franks lived in hiding for two years before they were discovered and sent to Auschwitz, the most well-known and feared concentration camp. Anne Frank gave a human face to the victims of the Holocaust and a courageous voice to all those who were silenced. Though Anne Frank only lived to the age of fifteen, her inspirational childhood is perhaps the best known in history.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0689874685
• ISBN13: 9780689874680
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

good overview of Anne's life

While Anne Frank: Young Diarist breaks no new ground, the short overview of Anne's life is accurate and quite comprehensive. There are just a few revelations, even for those steeped in Anne Frank lore. The book should not supplant (chiefly) middle school readers of Anne's diary itself, but the overview would be a good recap for, say, tenth graders whose view of Anne and her times is a bit fuzzy.