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Series
Studio classic volume 15
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Nazi-occupied Amsterdam. Otto Frank and his family have decided to go into hiding due to the increasing persecutions against Jews. Businessman Kraler and his assistant Miep prepare a hiding place in the attic rooms above their place of business. They arrange for the Frank and Van Daan families to stay there. Later on, they are joined by the dentist Dussel. Anne Frank is Otto's 13-year-old daughter. She writes about the remarkable account of their...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
Traces the life of the Jewish girl who hid with seven other people in an attic for two years in Nazi-occupied Holland and chronicled her day-to-day life in a diary which was discovered after her death in German concentration camp.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In 1958, in Linz, Austria, demonstrators interrupted a performance of The Diary of Anne Frank, claiming that Anne Frank never existed. Determined to prove otherwise, Simon Wiesenthal, a Holocaust survivor, set out to find the Gestapo officer who arrested the Franks years before.
7) Margot
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
In the spring of 1959, The Diary of Anne Frank has just come to the silver screen to great acclaim, and a young woman named Margie Franklin is working in Philadelphia as a secretary at a Jewish law firm. On the surface she lives a quiet life, but Margie has a secret: a life she once lived, a past and a religion she has denied, and a family and a country she left behind. Margie Franklin is really Margot Frank, older sister of Anne, who did not die...
Author
Series
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"The son of a celebrated Hollywood director emerges from his father's shadow to claim his own place as a major force in American culture. George Stevens, Jr. tells an intimate and moving tale of his relationship with his Oscar-winning father and his own exciting career in Hollywood and Washington. Fascinating people, priceless stories and a behind-the-scenes view of some of America's major cultural and political events grace this riveting memoir....
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Formats
Description
THE DEFINITIVE EDITION • Discovered in the attic in which she spent the last years of her life, the remarkable diary that has become a world classic—a powerful reminder of the horrors of war and an eloquent testament to the human spirit.
Updated for the 75th Anniversary of the Diary’s first publication with a new introduction by Nobel Prize–winner Nadia Murad
“The single most compelling...
Updated for the 75th Anniversary of the Diary’s first publication with a new introduction by Nobel Prize–winner Nadia Murad
“The single most compelling...
Author
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Formats
Description
THE DEFINITIVE EDITION • Discovered in the attic in which she spent the last years of her life, the remarkable diary that has become a world classic—a powerful reminder of the horrors of war and an eloquent testament to the human spirit.
Updated for the 75th Anniversary of the Diary’s first publication with a new introduction by Nobel Prize–winner Nadia Murad
“The single most compelling...
Updated for the 75th Anniversary of the Diary’s first publication with a new introduction by Nobel Prize–winner Nadia Murad
“The single most compelling...
Author
Series
Publisher
Vintage Español, una división de Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
Español
Formats
Description
"The only graphic biography of Anne Frank's diary that has been authorized by the Anne Frank Foundation and that uses text from the diary--it will introduce a new generation of young readers to this classic of Holocaust literature. This adaptation of Anne Frank's Diary of a Young Girl into a graphic version for a young readership, maintains the integrity and power of the original work. With stunning, expressive illustrations and ample direct quotation...
14) Anne Frank
Author
Series
Publisher
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Traces the life of a Jewish girl who chronicled her day-to-day life in a diary as she hid in an attic in Nazi-occupied Holland for two years.
Publisher
Cherry Lake Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2024
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Winner - Best of 2019 Kids Books - Most Inspiring Category
The story of Anne Frank and her diary is one of the world's most important and well-known, but less is known about the woman who sheltered Anne and her family for years and, ultimately, rescued Anne's diary from Nazi clutches. Miep Gies was a woman who rose to bravery when humanity needed it and risked everything for her neighbors. It is because of Miep we know Anne Frank--and now, this is...
17) Anne Frank
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Graphic novels aren't just for superheroes! Anne Frank has been plucked from history books and her life and accomplishments have been depicted in informative nonfiction graphic novels. The subject's birth, childhood, education, and holocaust experience have been skillfully told with detailed art. Further reading lists, timelines, glossaries, and indexes make these titles useful in classroom discussion.
18) Annelies
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
" ... What if Anne Frank survived the Holocaust? The year is 1945, and Anne Frank is sixteen years old. Having survived the concentration camps but lost her mother and sister along the way, she reunites with her father, Pim, in newly liberated Amsterdam. But it's not easy to fit the pieces of their life back together. Anne is adrift, haunted by the ghosts of the horrors they experienced, while Pim is fixated on returning to normalcy. Anne's beloved...
Author
Publisher
Centennial Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"'Where there's hope, there's life.' So wrote Anne Frank in her poignant diary, one of the most important -- and bestselling -- pieces of literature that continues to inspire millions around the world, even 75 years after her death. Her heart-wrenching story details the hopes, dreams and fears of a young Jewish girl hiding from Nazis in German-occupied Amsterdam during the Holocaust. This richly illustrated book reveals rarely seen personal photos...
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