Over the weekend I read Anne Frank - The Diary of a Young Girl. I picked this up along 5 other books at a used book store, mostly out of embarrassment I had never read it. It is my understanding that this book is a likely candidate for middle school reading, and being that I did not complete this portion of my school in the States, I can hardly be blamed.
This book, considered in the grand scheme of things, is a magnificent look at the trials of hiding, at the fear that being in hiding brought and at the guilt those in hiding carried. Also it is a profound look at the thoughts of a thirteen year old girl, who grows up with her thoughts and in spite of them. All in all I wish I had read this book when I was thirteen, since I would have found her irresistibly relatable.
When The Diary of Anne Frank was first published stateside it was heavily edited by her father. More recent editions have restored it to the original-her talking about coming to terms with puberty and other awkward stuff-form. I wonder which version you read?
ReplyDeleteYeah I wondered about that because she goes from wishing she would get her period to having had it a few times already. I have a really old version, looks just like the picture above.
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