The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition

by Anne Frank

Other authorsMirjam Pressler (Editor), Otto M. Frank (Editor), Susan Massotty (Translator)
Paperback, 1997

Status

Available

Call number

940.5318 FRA

Publication

Bantam (1997), Edition: Reprint, 352 pages

Description

This definitive edition, featuring a new translation, is the diary as Anne Frank wrote it, containing entries about her burgeoning sexuality and confrontations with her mother that were cut from previous editions. Frank's diary is among the most enduring documents of the twentieth century.

Barcode

4748

Language

User reviews

LibraryThing member stubbyfingers
The last time I read book, Anne Frank was older than me. Since we're going to visit the Anne Frank house next month, I thought it would be worthwhile to reread this.

Every time I read a story about this era I'm amazed by the extremes of human nature. How is it possible that people can sink so low
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as to go along with something like the Holocaust without putting a foot down and saying no? And at the same time, people can be so selfless as to put their lives at risk day in and day out to bring comfort to the lives of others?

The first thing I was struck by when reading this book was how much more mature Anne's writing was than anything I wrote when I was that age. Despite being trapped indoors for years by people who would kill her for being who she is, she still had high hopes and aspirations for her life. What an incredible heart wrenching waste to see this life snuffed out so early. How overwhelming to think that this life was just one of millions to be cut short at that time.

But I think the biggest message in this book is hope. Even in the face of the greatest adversity, there is always hope.
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LibraryThing member adrianneosmus
This book is written in diray form about a yound girl who went through the holocust. It talks about her struggles as you hides from the soldiers.

I read this book as a child and still remember the details throughout the book. I think that every student should read this book. I has alot of emotion
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and a powerful message.

You could use this book when talking about the holocust. You could let the students write a letter to a holocust survior and ask them questions they want answered.
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LibraryThing member technodiabla
I read this book after visiting Anne Frank House in Amsterdam. It was very powerful, especially after seeing the home itself. I highly recommend this for a youth audience in particular because it is so down to earth and "real" and yet gets into the horrors of the holocaust-- but on an individual
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level. We always hear about billions, but just one that you feel close to can be more powerful. I know this diary was heavily edited and I thought I remembered reading recently that some of the omitted excerpts were now available-- I'd love to read it all. I also saw the theater production last year in Ashland Oregon and enjoyed it.
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LibraryThing member educ318
Made me cry. Totally worth reading! ~Rachel
LibraryThing member epalmergpw
This is one of the most important books I have ever read in my life. Anyone can read information about an event in history, but this book actually lets you read about it from a first hand perspective. The reader has a much better understanding of the emotional responses that Anne Frank and her
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family were going through at this time. The reader also learns about the courageous acts of Miep Gies. I was inspired by her willingness to do whatever she could do in order to protect the Franks.
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LibraryThing member Tara714
I found this book really interesting. I was surprised at how calm and collected she stayed through out it all. After almost two years of not being able to go outside, having to stay quiet and dealing with the same people day in and day out she mostly saw the silver lining. I would have gone out of
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my mind after all that time. It was really depressing knowing how it was going to end and how they all came so very close to making it. I read a lot of reviews where a lot of people said it was boring and I don't agree. People have to understand that this is not a novel. It is a diary. A glimpse into life of a teenage girl. A lot of the writing was uneventful, but most everyone's life is. It was fascinating to see her views on different things and how they evolved.
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LibraryThing member RebeccaRunning
This is a great story of a young girl who wrote a diary during the Holocaust. This is a great interpretation of what life was like during this time. Although I think it would be for maybe a middle school level but it is still amazing. I have read this story many times and I will continue to every
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chance i get. I would recommend this to anyone.
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LibraryThing member loganbuttram330
This book is very educational and eye opening for students. I read this book in my 5th grade English class. This book is the diary of Anne Frank and her struggles during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. She goes through many struggles throughout the book and this book helps students
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understand just how bad things were back then. This book would be great for any English of History class to help educate the students.
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LibraryThing member selfcallednowhere
I read this book on a day I was really depressed, mostly because it's what I currently have out from the library, but also because I was hoping it would make me feel inspired and see that my problems aren't really so bad--that if she could manage to be hopeful in such horrific circumstances.

Well,
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it was definitely very amazing that she did manage to be hopeful (though certainly not all the time), but when I read it I just ended up being really sad, because all that hope still didn't save her. I thought a lot about the atrocity that made her end up in such a situation.

One of the things that really struck me was how much you can tell that, bright and insightful as she was, she was also just a *normal teenager* in a lot of ways--getting irritated with her parents, discovering her sexuality, etc. This edition has 30% more content than the previous one that was published. I haven't read the original edition but I did think it was important to see her humanity, not just as "a flawless symbol," as the cover copy put it.

I do think this is a book everyone should read, because it's so important to recognize this part of our history, no matter how difficult that is to face.
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LibraryThing member KatherineGregg
Reading The Diary of a Young Girl after so many years was a marvel.

ISBN

0553577123 / 9780553577129
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