Synopses & Reviews
Here is the story of Anne Frank, who, from 1942 to 1944, hid from the Nazis with her family in a secret apartment in Amsterdam. As Hitler carried out his plans to rid Europe of all Jews, Anne bravely made the best of her confined life. She wrote in her diary, kept up with her studies, and pasted photographs of movie stars on her wall. Strong and courageous to the end, she was caught in a time and a place that should never have been, and that must never be allowed to exist again.
Review
"This is a good place to start, for talking about the Holocaust and about prejudice, then and now." --
ALA B
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About the Author
Yona Zeldis McDonough was born in Israel. Her work has been published in a number of magazines, including
Family Circle and
Harper's Bazaar. She is the author of two other children's books:
Frank Lloyd Wright and
Eve and Her sisters: Women of the Old Testament. She lives in Brooklyn, new York, with her husband and their two children.
Malcah Zeldis is an internationally known folk artist. Her paintings hang in many museums in the United States and abroad. Her books for children include A Fine Fat Pig, Honest Abe, and Eve and Her Sisters: Women of the Old Testment, which was her first collaboration with her daughter, Yona. Ms. Zeldis was born in New York, grew up in Detroit, and spent nine years living in Israel. Currently, she resides in New York City.