The+Diary+of+A+Young+Girl

1. The Diary Of A Young Girl 2. Anne Frank 3. Discovered in the attic in which she spent the last years of her life, Anne Frank's remarkable diary has since become a world classic—a powerful reminder of the horrors of war and an eloquent testament to the human spirit. In 1942, with Nazis occupying Holland, a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl and her family fled their home in Amsterdam and went into hiding. For the next two years, until their whereabouts were betrayed to the Gestapo, they and another family lived cloistered in the "Secret Annex" of an old office building. Cut off from the outside world, they faced hunger, boredom, the constant cruelties of living in confined quarters, and the ever-present threat of discovery and death. In her diary Anne Frank recorded vivid impressions of her experiences during this period. By turns thoughtful, moving, and amusing, her account offers a fascinating commentary on human courage and frailty and a compelling self-portrait of a sensitive and spirited young woman whose promise was tragically cut short. 4. Genre -autobiographical 5. Anne Frank's diary has been banned on multiple occasions. The most recent was in January 2010 when [|the book was pulled] from a Virginia school for "sexually explicit" and "homosexual" themes. 6. Book seems to be liked according to most reviews. [] 7. //Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl// is an important work from [|World War II]. The work is [|the diary of a young girl], Anne Frank, as she experiences the Nazi occupation. She hides with her family, but she is eventually discovered and sent to a concentration camp (where she died). This book was banned for passages that were considered “sexually offensive,” as well as for the tragic nature of the book, which some readers felt was a “real downer.” [] 8. Age appropriateness 13 and up