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Title: Anne Frank : The Diary of a Young Girl by Winona Ryder, Anne Frank ISBN: 0-553-47347-6 Publisher: Bantam Books-Audio Pub. Date: 01 July, 1995 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 4 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.53 (417 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Great book-Diary of a young woman-not a young girl
Comment: This is a fascinating book for one major reason: it's not the one you read in sixth grade. For years this book has been known as "The Diary of a Young Girl." Otto Frank's influence on the book released in 1947 should not be underestimated. How many fathers cope with their daughters' maturing into adults comfortably? What one realizes when reading this edition is the real title should have been "Diary of a Young Woman."
This is a much more vibrant reading experience than the first edition released. I think it's mentioned in the foreword that she started writing the diary for personal reasons, but eventually hoped to publish it after the war. What one realizes is how important Anne Frank would have become had she lived. It's not an overstatement to say she was talented beyond her years. She is one of the most important authors of the twentieth century as it is, because this book says a great deal about the twentieth century. But had she lived, I think we would have seen even greater books come out of her.
If you have never read this book, this is the edition to get.
Rating: 4
Summary: The fortitude of a young girl in confinement...
Comment: This book takes an ominious turn early on, when Anne Frank's family, together with the Van Daan's, go into hiding in the attic of a warehouse, dubbed the "Secret Annexe". Ofcourse, it isn't long before family tensions arise.
Anne Frank's diary alternates between Anne's precocious self-evaluation (her opinions, ambitions and observations), as well as how WWII is progressing.
Though living in confinement and unrelenting fear, Anne's joyful spirit radiates throughout her diary, and her courage and stoical disposition are awe-inspiring. Anne's eloquence and natural merriment throw colour on her otherwise tense and bleak circumstances. Her resistance is admirable.
An innocent, romantic subplot develops later in Anne's diary, between Anne and Peter Van Daan (the slightly older boychild of the family hiding with the Franks.) Anne yearns for love to supplant what she lacks from her parents, but the affection between the two adolescents is soon quelled by increasingly ominous circumstances.
Anne's diary ends abruptly. After all Anne's introspection and charming anecdotes, I felt that I really knew Anne, as her innermost feelings are so vividly written here. The final, haunting lines of the epilogue reverberate.
As well as being historically important, this precious relic is a poignant, bittersweet read, and will forever replace the anonymity of those we lose to war with a human spirit and personality.
Rating: 5
Summary: Incredible
Comment: Reading the diary of Anne Frank is an incredibly moving and thoughtful experience. Although it can be disconserting sometimes to be reading the most personal thought of a young girl.
Anne Frank is a young Jewish girl spanning from the ages of 13 to 15 throughout the book. She lives with her family in Amsterdam during WWII. They go into hiding in an attic with another family for 2 years to try and escape the Nazi's and, well, Hitler.
This whole book, especially the afterward will make you weep in sadness and shake in anger towards the Nazi's. It shows you how terrible life was for people, Jews especially during WWII. I urge you to read this book.
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Title: Anne Frank: Beyond the Diary: A Photographic Remembrance by Ruud Van Der Rol, Rian Verhoeven, Anna Quindlen ISBN: 0140369260 Publisher: Scott Foresman (Pearson K-12) Pub. Date: May, 1995 List Price(USD): $10.99 |
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Title: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee ISBN: 0446310786 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Pub. Date: 11 October, 1988 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Last Seven Months of Anne Frank by Willy Lindwer ISBN: 0385423608 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 01 July, 1992 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Teaching the Diary of Anne Frank (Grades 5 and UP) by Susan Moger ISBN: 059067482X Publisher: Scholastic Professional Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 1999 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title:Anne Frank - The Whole Story ASIN: B00005LC5R Publisher: Disney Studios Pub. Date: 06 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.99 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $17.99 |
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