Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
by Anne Frank
Ages 11–15
The real wartime diary of a Jewish teenager hiding from the Nazis in a secret annex in Amsterdam — funny, hopeful, and devastating, and one of the most important books of the twentieth century.
Heads-up for parents: Holocaust & genocide, War & battle violence, Puberty & sexuality. Worth reading it yourself first.
- Author
- Anne Frank
- Age
- Ages 11–15
- Type
- Journal Format, Non-fiction, Memoir
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Penguin
- In India
- Available
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