The Diary of a Young Girl : The Definitive Edition by Frank, Anne

Author: Frank, Anne

Interest age: from c 12 years

Published on 31 January 2002 by Penguin Random House Children's UK (Puffin Classics) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the A Puffin Book' series.

Paperback | 464 pages
197 x 127 x 27 | 324g

'One of the greatest books of the century' - Guardian'Hiding...where would we hide?... Margot and I started packing our most important belongings into a satchel. The first thing I stuck in was this diary...'In July 1942 thirteen-year-old Anne Frank and her family, fleeing the horrors of Nazi occupation, went into hiding in an Amsterdam warehouse. Over the next two years Anne vividly describes in her diary the frustrations of living in such confined quarters.

This unabridged, definitive text reveals Anne's innermost thoughts and feelings as she grows up, and provides a deeply moving true-life story that comes to an abrupt and tragic end.

Contains an Afterword, chronology of events and glossary of terms.