History & Biography15 min read

The Diary of a Young Girl

Name: The Diary of a Young Girl
Author: Anne Frank
ISBN: 9789352782772

Anne Frank· 2001

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Between 1942 and 1944, Anne Frank chronicled two years in a secret annex above an Amsterdam warehouse, capturing the terror of discovery, the friction of eight people in hiding, and the fierce inner life of a girl becoming a writer. Her voice, halted at fifteen, still asks what it means to believe in goodness when the world proves otherwise.

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Author: Anne Frank
Published: 2001
ISBN: 9789352782772
Category: History & Biography
Summary length: 15 min read