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Gr 4-7 Anne Frank's story, mostly known through the personal narratives of her famous diary, focuses on her time in hiding. However, Anne's life prior to the annex was filled with the friendships, parties, outings, homework, and typical school-girl aspirations and dreams. One such friend, Jacqueline van Maarsen, shared numerous happy times with Anne, meeting at the Lyceum in Amsterdam with a group of girls and boys their age. Van Maarsen provides a personal picture of Anne's vivacious personali...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Anne Frank receives two vastly different portraits in these new releases. Denenberg divides his account into four parts. The first, "Living," provides historical background on Nazism and its influence on the Frank family. The second, "Hiding," allows Anne's older sister, Margot, to speak through her own fictitious diary. "Dying" is recounted through first-person accounts of those who survived the camps, and "Surviving" returns to the chronological narrative, outlining Otto Frank's last days of the war, his eventual freedom, and his search for his family. The fictio...Log In or Sign Up to Read More