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Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl is among the most enduring documents of the twentieth century. Since its publication in 1947, it has been read by tens of millions of people all over the world. It remains a beloved and deeply admired testament to the indestructible nature of the human spirit. Restored in this Definitive Edition are diary entries that were omitted from the original edition. These passages,... (more)

Anne Frank: Beyond the Diary - A Photographic Remembrance (Scholastic Book Guides, Grades 6-9)

Anne Frank: Beyond the Diary - A Photographic Remembrance (Scholastic Book Guides, Grades 6-9)

by Ruud van der Rol

More than one hundred photographs, many never before published, make up a poignant memoir of Anne Frank's struggle to survive during a time that must never be forgotten. Reprint. SLJ. PW. AB.

Anne Frank's Tales from the Secret Annex

Anne Frank's Tales from the Secret Annex

by Anne Frank

The candid, poignant, unforgettable writing of the young girl whose own life story has become an everlasting source of courage and inspiration. Hiding from the Nazis in the “Secret Annex” of an old office building in Amsterdam, a thirteen-year-old girl named Anne Frank became a writer. The now famous diary of her private life and thoughts reveals only part of Anne’s story, however. This book rounds out the... (more)

Memories of Anne Frank: Reflections of a Childhood Friend

Memories of Anne Frank: Reflections of a Childhood Friend

by Alison Leslie Gold

Hannah Goslar lived next door to Anne Frank in Amsterdam. In this touching memoir, as told to Alison Leslie Gold, Hannah recalls the funny, bright girl who suddenly disappeared from her life--until they met again at a concentration camp.

The Diary of Anne Frank ; Play and Related Readings

The Diary of Anne Frank ; Play and Related Readings

by Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett

Anne Frank and Me

by Cherie Bennett

In one moment Nicole Burns's life changes forever. The sound of gunfire at an Anne Frank exhibit, the panic, the crowd, and Nicole is no longer Nicole. Whiplashed through time and space, she wakes to find herself a privileged Jewish girl living in Nazi-occupied Paris during World War II. No more Internet diaries and boy troubles for Nicole-now she's a carefree Jewish girl, with wonderful friends and a charming... (more)

The Boy Who Loved Anne Frank: A Novel

by Ellen Feldman

An appealing and inventive novel…original and cathartic."—Dana Kennedy, New York Times On February 16, 1944, Anne Frank recorded in her diary that Peter, whom she at first disliked but eventually came to love, had confided in her that if he got out alive, he would reinvent himself entirely. This is the story of what might have happened if the boy in hiding survived to become a man. Peter arrives in... (more)

Anne Frank - The Diary of a Young Girl

by Anne Frank

The Diary of Anne Frank: The Play (Dramascripts)

The Diary of Anne Frank: The Play (Dramascripts)

by Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, Anne Frank

There are 10 reading parts.

Anne Frank Remembered

by Miep Gies, Alison Leslie Gold

She found the diary and brought the world a message of love and hope. It seems as if we are never far from Miep's thoughts....Yours, Anne For the millions moved by Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, here at last is Miep's own astonishing story. For more than two years, Miep Gies and her husband helped hide the Franks from the Nazis. Like thousands of unsung heroes of the Holocaust, they risked their... (more)

A Friend Called Anne: One girl's story of War, Peace and a unique friendship with Anne Frank

A Friend Called Anne: One girl's story of War, Peace and a unique friendship with Anne Frank

by Carol Ann Lee, Jacqueline van Maarsen

In this beautifully written memoir, Jacqueline van Maarsen tells of her friendship with Anne Frank, depicting Anne as a typical, fun-loving girl. She also recounts her chilling Holocaust experience— escaping deportation by the Nazis; helplessly watching friends, including Anne, and family members disappear; and starting her life again after the war. Through Jacqueline’s memories and black-and-white photos,... (more)

The Last Seven Months of Anne Frank

by Willy Lindwer

The "unwritten" final chapter of Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl tells the story of the time between Anne Frank's arrest and her death through the testimony of six Jewish women who survived the hell from which Anne Frank never retumed.

Anne Frank

by Josephine Poole

The life of Anne Frank, from birth until being taken from the hidden attic by the Nazis, is presented in this haunting, meticulously researched picture book. It is a compelling yet easy-to-understand "first" introduction to the Holocaust as witnessed by Anne and her family. The stunningly evocative illustrations by Angela Barrett are worth a thousand words in capturing for young Americans what it must have felt... (more)

The Ghost Writer

by Philip Roth

The Ghost Writer introduces Nathan Zuckerman in the 1950s, a budding writer infatuated with the Great Books, discovering the contradictory claims of literature and experience while an overnight guest in the secluded New England farmhouse of his idol, E. I. Lonoff. At Lonoff's, Zuckerman meets Amy Bellette, a haunting young woman of indeterminate foreign background who turns out to be a former student of... (more)

DK Readers: Terror on the Amazon: The Quest for El Dorado (Level 3: Reading Alone)

DK Readers: Terror on the Amazon: The Quest for El Dorado (Level 3: Reading Alone)

by Brenda Ralph Lewis

Thirteen-year-old Anne Frank went into hiding from the Nazis with her family in 1942. Read the remarkable story of her life, death, and legacy. The 48-page Level 3 books, designed for children who can read on their own, contain more complex sentence structure and more detail. Young readers will devour these kid-friendly titles, which cover high-interest topics such as sharks, and the Bermuda Triangle, as well as... (more)

Anne Frank: Life in Hiding

by Johanna Hurwitz

From July 1942 until August 1944, a young girl named Anne Frank kept a diary. Keeping a diary isn't unusual. Lots of girls do. But Anne's diary was unique. It chronicled the two years she and her family spent hiding from the Germans who were determined to annihilate all the Jews in Europe. In this sensitive and thoughtful introduction to the Holocaust and to the life of one of its best known victims, acclaimed... (more)

THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK.Anne. Frank

THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK.

by Anne. Frank

Joop: A Novel of Anne Frank

by Richard Lourie

“People who don’t have secrets imagine them as dark and hidden. It’s just the opposite. Secrets are bright. They light you up. Like the bare lightbulb left on in a cell day and night, they give you no rest.” So thinks Joop, the narrator of this brief and bitter tale, whose secret is like no other. He has kept that secret for more than sixty years, but now his brother---whom he has not seen since the... (more)

The Anne Frank Case: Simon Wiesenthal's Search for the Truth

The Anne Frank Case: Simon Wiesenthal's Search for the Truth

by Bill Farnsworth, Susan Goldman Rubin

Because there were people who believed "The Diary of Anne Frank" was a hoax, renowned Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal set out to find incontrovertible proof that it was authentic.

Anne Frank: The Book, The Life, The Afterlife

Anne Frank: The Book, The Life, The Afterlife

by Francine Prose

In June, 1942, Anne Frank received a red-and-white checked diary for her thirteenth birthday, just weeks before she and her family went into hiding from the Nazis in an Amsterdam attic. For two years, with ever-increasing maturity, Anne crafted a memoir that has become one of the most compelling, intimate, and important documents of modern history - grappling with the unfolding events of World War II, until the... (more)

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