Staff Pick
When I read this I was stunned by how much knowledge and wisdom could exist within such a young girl. If you've only ever read Anne Frank's diary, I plead for you to read this collection of her fiction. Even at its roughest and in some cases unfinished, it shows the complex inner world of Anne Frank, and that world is worth knowing and cherishing. Recommended By Junix S., Powells.com
Synopses & Reviews
The candid, poignant, unforgettable writing of the young girl whose own life story has become an everlasting source of courage and inspiration.Hiding from the Nazis in the “Secret Annex” of an old office building in Amsterdam, a thirteen-year-old girl named Anne Frank became a writer. The now famous diary of her private life and thoughts reveals only part of Annes story, however. This book rounds out the portrait of this remarkable and talented young author.
Newly translated, complete, and restored to the original order in which Anne herself wrote them in her notebook, Tales from the Secret Annex is a collection of Anne Franks lesser-known writings: short stories, fables, personal reminiscences, and an unfinished novel, Cadys Life.