Monday, March 17, 2014

The Diary of a Young Girl, by Anne Frank

http://catalog.gpl.internal/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1391D478K0X29.644&profile=gcent&uri=link=3100007~!511632~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=1&source=~!horizon&term=Diary+of+a+young+girl&index=PALLTI#focusThe Diary of a Young Girl, by Anne Frank, is about a young Jewish girl growing up in Europe during Nazi rule. this book portraits all the struggles that her and her family had to endure in order to survive . they were reduce to live like animals just so that the Nazi army wouldn't find them and killed them.

I think this books very inspirational because it shows the will of people to survive and keep going during hardship. this book was also very sad because it was and injustice everything that happen to the Jewish people.

Reviewed by Juan M., grade 12
Glendale Central Library


3 comments:

Teen Speak said...

This autobiography focuses on Anne Frank’s life as a Jewish teenager who fled to Amsterdam with her family to hide from the Nazis during World War II. Throughout the depressing, surprising and touching passages as Anne Frank writes about her love life, friends and complaints about the strict hiding place, I connected her with Maya Angelou because they both experienced hard times in their lives because of their race/religion. She interestingly told her story by using a candid tone and truly expressing her feelings and thoughts accurately about anything in the world. Lastly, she concludes her diary by conveying that because of all the evil that we all face in this world, no one can be exactly who he or she wants to be which I believe is very true.

I recommend this book to anyone who likes to read diaries, letters and likes to be in someone else's shoes for a while. I liked the book because I like to learn about historical figures and the roots of their lives. Anne Frank does a wonderful job explaining worldly themes and how those ideas connect with her own poor life. Readers, expect to sympathize with the narrator because Frank's diction is amazingly detailed and touching.

Reviewed by Siranush M., Grade 12
Glendale Central Library

Teen Speak said...

The Diary of Anne Frank is quite a book indeed. It is the diary of a young Jewish girl and her experiences during World War 2. She and her family have to go into hiding to try to escape the Germans from collecting them and putting them into internment camps. The dairy goes into her life in depth and she really goes into all of her emotions throughout the years living in the attic. She talks about boys she liked and how she hoped she would one day be able to get out of the secret annex. This leads to a great novel that is as true as can be.

This diary is quite a different type of book. It's more of a historic piece of literature about the horrible things that a teenage Jewish girl; and what she was having to go through. It's amazing how great a writer she was and how well she was able to show her emotions through her text. The book goes through many tones as her life changes slowly day by day. I would recommend it to practically anyone because it is so interesting. It is a classic that will forever be frozen in time.

Reviewed by Charles, Grade 12
Glendale Central Library

Teen Speak said...

The Diary of a Young Girl.
Us.You. Me.
My name is anonymous. I am here to tell the story of a girl that made a historical movement in our lives. We know her as the one and only "Anne Frank". At the age of 13 and almost 14, she went through many tough life experiences. She died at the age of 16. She was a committed writer and much more. She fell in love with a man who helped calm her during the time of war and hiding. She wasn't alone, but she felt. Anne was a very pretty girl, considering her innocence and family orientation. Her big sister , Margot, was more calm, and never spoke how she felt. This is what made them both different. Anne's family tried helping others, even if they were risking there own lives. Sometimes it had to be that way. They hid in a very secret place, but were almost caught more than once. I believe this may have traumatized the family because each day they were closer and closer of getting caught or killed. Every night, Anne would write for incase anyone found it. She always wanted to be a writer.She wrote her feelings,her traumatizations and troubles. At times, she said that no one understood her, but in reality it must have been very hard too. No one was actually happy, it was just a face they put to help everyone and make sure they were fine. They also had a cat. It was Anne's lovers. At times, she hated the cat because she left her own to flee. She was very jealous. Soon, she began to love it because ultimalety it was the only thing that was making her really happy besides looking outside the window of an attic curtain hours of the day. Her life was very hard. At this time around, we have it easy. Not everything Anne wanted came true because she hid for her life. She never else knew about her friends or other family members again. At times they ran out of food. They didn't know what to do except wait.

I really enjoy this book.I can read it as much times as I want and I will always find something new about it. The Diary Of a Young Girl is a book I will never get tired of reading. I like the emotion, genuiness ,and the way she expresses herself. Every page got me wanting to turn it to the next and keep reading. I wish I had read it before. The first time I read this book was in the seventh grade, but I just watched the documentary last year (2016). It is said that the book will always be better than the movie. I personally think, the book was better because the movie took down some things and didn't include it. Every time I read this story it gives me emotion. It makes me cry and realize that family is important. That we shouldn't complain because our teenage life is easy as comparison to hers. It involved love,fear,hatred,history and temptation. This is a perfect book to read if you want to read something that spices your brain a little. It makes you think and gives you suspense, This is a perfect combination of all. I promise you won't be bored.I one hundred percent recommend this book. I love it so much. Every time I go to a library I always look for it. Not only because it's interesting but also because there is many different books of the same thing. I personally have read only 3. Some are paper back and others are hard cover. This doesn't necessarily make a difference but some include more Information more than others.

Reviewed by Anonymous, Grade 11
Pacific Park Library