The Diary of a Young Girl

Honestly, I have to say that I hated this book. Everyone says that it's so important, or that it's a classic, and blah, blah, BLAH. I could barely keep my eyes open, and would have rather eaten the book than read it. At least that way I would have gotten something other than a sense of having wasted a big portion of my week on this absolute load. This young girl was not an amazing writer,...more

Honestly, I have to say that I hated this book. Everyone says that it's so important, or that it's a classic, and blah, blah, BLAH. I could barely keep my eyes open, and would have rather eaten the book than read it. At least that way I would have gotten something other than a sense of having wasted a big portion of my week on this absolute load. This young girl was not an amazing writer, she was not some sort of perceptive genius - she was a scared little kid forced to hide in her home and started to write as a way to escape. Smart of her, yes. But her writing reads just like that of any other child her age. She has all the same worries and fears, albeit magnified to unbelievable proportions. I empathize as much as I possibly can with no experience even close to what she was thrust into. However, that doesn't change that this book was a big waste of trees, ink, and time.   hide

The story of Anne Frank is known around the world. Her story is a harrowing and sad one and I wish she were alive today to know the impact she has had on millions and millions of people. I would love to see the Anne Frank musuem and actually be able to walk through those rooms that she and her family stayed in. I couldn't imagine having to live like that but she was a very brave and...more

The story of Anne Frank is known around the world. Her story is a harrowing and sad one and I wish she were alive today to know the impact she has had on millions and millions of people. I would love to see the Anne Frank musuem and actually be able to walk through those rooms that she and her family stayed in. I couldn't imagine having to live like that but she was a very brave and courageous young woman for sure. We could all learn a lesson or two about life from Anne and the legacy she left behind. I could read this book over and over and most likely will.   hide

Reviewed by Taylor Rector for TeensReadToo.com This is the diary of the most courageous fourteen-year-old girl to ever live. Anne Frank lived during the time of World War II, when you could be killed or put in a concentration camp for being Jewish -- or for not being blue-eyed and blonde. Hitler was ignorant in thinking that those with blue eyes and blonde hair were of the...more

Reviewed by Taylor Rector for TeensReadToo.com This is the diary of the most courageous fourteen-year-old girl to ever live. Anne Frank lived during the time of World War II, when you could be killed or put in a concentration camp for being Jewish -- or for not being blue-eyed and blonde. Hitler was ignorant in thinking that those with blue eyes and blonde hair were of the superior race, and anyone else should be killed. Anne and her family went into hiding in 1942 and managed to hide for over two years. Was Hitler finally overruled or was the family found by the Gestapo (the police that worked for Hitler)? Read this novel about a normal teenager in hiding to find out. This is a really good book to read if you want to learn more about World War II, or simply about being courageous and living a life in hiding. Also, not only is this novel about the war but also about how Anne grows up and discovers life and writing.   hide

Its an awesome book ..each lines on the Diary of Anne Frank stands for itself ,hw a teenager develops her own personality and hw she grows n matures b4 that she has to face so much of suffering only coz she is a Jew..each expression in the Diary is worth imagining can almost feel the pulse of Anne Frank ;hw they survive solely on potatoes n beans...and so on ..A MUST READ BOOK..no other book has...more

Its an awesome book ..each lines on the Diary of Anne Frank stands for itself ,hw a teenager develops her own personality and hw she grows n matures b4 that she has to face so much of suffering only coz she is a Jew..each expression in the Diary is worth imagining can almost feel the pulse of Anne Frank ;hw they survive solely on potatoes n beans...and so on ..A MUST READ BOOK..no other book has attracted me so much..a brilliant girl though lving under such crucial circumstances is more mature than the other elders who crib for small things in the hiding n yet tries to learn lot of new subjects n tries 2 remain happy the end is very tragic its the real suffering shown in the movie 2...just loved the entire piece thanks to Mr.Frank who compiled his daughters work n editted some of d controversial scenes...every1 shud read it once!!!   hide

Imagine that someday you are remembered for all eternity at a very particular time and at a very particular age. You could be remembered forever as being 25 on September the 11th or you could be remembered as being 44 when JFK was shot. It seems awfully cruel for someone to be remembered between the ages of 13 to 15. Do you remember what you were like at that age? Would you want anyone to think...more

Imagine that someday you are remembered for all eternity at a very particular time and at a very particular age. You could be remembered forever as being 25 on September the 11th or you could be remembered as being 44 when JFK was shot. It seems awfully cruel for someone to be remembered between the ages of 13 to 15. Do you remember what you were like at that age? Would you want anyone to think of you as that old for as long as your name is remembered? Such is the fate of Anne Frank. Now, I never read this book when I was young. High schools, in my experience, tend to assign the play version of this story when they want to convey Anne Frank's tale. Anne tends to be remembered as the little girl who once wrote, "I still believe that people are really good at heart" in spite of her sufferings. So I should be forgiven for expecting this book to be the dewy-eyed suppositions of a saintly little girl. Instead, I found someone with verve, complexity, and a personality that I did not always particularly like. What I discovered, was the true Anne Frank. The book is remarkable on so many levels. I think young teenage girls will understand Anne's plight intrinsically. Who couldn't? Who doesn't remember the rocky years of 13-15? The need for attention? The sobbing for no particular reason? By the end of the diary, Anne becomes far more philosophical. She no longer records the family's every move and action. Instead, she ponders questions like whether or not young people are lonelier than old people. Or what it means to be good. Though you may not like the protagonist of this book at all times, you come to understand and sympathize with her. She is a remarkable author, all the more so when you consider that this diary was written for her eyes alone at the time. If I could require kids to read something in school, I think this would top the list. It probably remains the best Holocaust children's book in existence today.   hide

I highly recommend reading this book because it positively impacts your mind, spirit & will to carry ever onward with all we go through living day in & day out with chronic illness(es) because Anne Frank was so young & truly was an old soul in a young girl's body facing her very own immense battle because she was wise beyond her years to have had the resilience she had to carry on with her head...more

I highly recommend reading this book because it positively impacts your mind, spirit & will to carry ever onward with all we go through living day in & day out with chronic illness(es) because Anne Frank was so young & truly was an old soul in a young girl's body facing her very own immense battle because she was wise beyond her years to have had the resilience she had to carry on with her head held high & with great determination the way she so positively was in the face of such horror & tremendous hardship during the Nazi rule in Germany as they attempted to push across various areas of Europe. If she could make it as well as she did, even for the brief time she was able to, we absolutely can survive & carry onward with our heads held high in the face of all we each have to contend with. Anne Frank was a true inspiration & to this very day her precious life still holds great worth & meaning.   hide

A beloved classic since its initial publication in 1947, this vivid, insightful journal is a fitting memorial to the gifted Jewish teenager who died at Bergen-Belsen, Germany, in 1945. Born in 1929, Anne Frank received a blank diary on her 13th birthday, just weeks before she and her family went into hiding in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam. Her marvelously detailed, engagingly personal entries...more

A beloved classic since its initial publication in 1947, this vivid, insightful journal is a fitting memorial to the gifted Jewish teenager who died at Bergen-Belsen, Germany, in 1945. Born in 1929, Anne Frank received a blank diary on her 13th birthday, just weeks before she and her family went into hiding in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam. Her marvelously detailed, engagingly personal entries chronicle 25 trying months of claustrophobic, quarrelsome intimacy with her parents, sister, a second family, and a middle-aged dentist who has little tolerance for Anne's vivacity. The diary's universal appeal stems from its riveting blend of the grubby particulars of life during wartime (scant, bad food; shabby, outgrown clothes that can't be replaced; constant fear of discovery) and candid discussion of emotions familiar to every adolescent (everyone criticizes me, no one sees my real nature, when will I be loved?). Yet Frank was no ordinary teen: the later entries reveal a sense of compassion and a spiritual depth remarkable in a girl barely 15. Her death epitomizes the madness of the Holocaust, but for the millions who meet Anne through her diary, it is also a very individual loss.   hide

Now I finally know why this book has literally become a classic among classics with people raving about the young writer. Anne Frank most definitely had a great talent to put down words and it is a shame her life ended at not even sixteen years of age and so close to the end of WWII. Guess, it was meant to happen that way so that her diary could be published and remind the rest of the world on...more

Now I finally know why this book has literally become a classic among classics with people raving about the young writer. Anne Frank most definitely had a great talent to put down words and it is a shame her life ended at not even sixteen years of age and so close to the end of WWII. Guess, it was meant to happen that way so that her diary could be published and remind the rest of the world on how Jewish people had to survive during the Nazi genocide. What else can I say? A frank young woman emerging from childhood and having to endure more than most of us do in a lifetime in a matter of two years in hiding. No freedom to go out, not even the freedom to open a window or make a sound most days - something we all take for granted. Having to live on rotten food and still finding the strength to write down experiences - and not only negative ones but predominantly good things that happened - that is the essence of Anne Frank. Kudos also to her father for making her dream come true of becoming a published writer - even after her death. With this one book having been translated in so many different languages and literally spread word across the world - the literary world is so much richer for it. Thank You!   hide

An amazing book.Anne confides so honestly in her diary (whom she calls Kitty), it does feel like she is talking directly to you the reader personally.You become so immersed in it that you feel somehow you are privy to this world in the pages, as if you're the first person to ever read it.Rarely do you feel that this is a person writing over 60 years ago.All the problems that she has most...more

An amazing book.Anne confides so honestly in her diary (whom she calls Kitty), it does feel like she is talking directly to you the reader personally.You become so immersed in it that you feel somehow you are privy to this world in the pages, as if you're the first person to ever read it.Rarely do you feel that this is a person writing over 60 years ago.All the problems that she has most teenagers today I'm sure could relate to, it certainly took me back in that way!There is an overwhelming heart to the book.This is a real book, written by a real person, albeit living in very surreal circumstances.Her wonderful character, sometimes wistful and dreamy, sometimes philisophical and contemplative, sometimes sharp.Yet always her warmth permeates the pages.It's not just a sad book(although obviously the ending is very sad)it is funny, romantic, frightening and inspiring.I'll never forget this book, and I strongly recommend it to anyone.   hide