Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Who Was Anne Frank?



Book review by Aria

I read the book Who Was Anne Frank? Anne Frank was a young Jewish girl who lived in Amsterdam when World War II broke out in 1939. She became famous when her diary was published after her death. The main characters are Anne, her parents Otto and Edith Frank, her older sister Margot Frank, and friends Meip Gies, Jan Gies and the VanPels family. Anne and her family go through many struggles along the way. In the book the author explains in detail the family’s life in the “Secret Annex.” Anne has many hopes and scares while in hiding. She ends up liking the VanPels son and she almost gets caught when someone drops a bag of rice. The ending is sad when Anne, her sister and mother die in a concentration camp.





This is a good book because it has many facts and details about Anne’s life. My favorite part is about her childhood. One story is when Anne and a friend sprinkled water from the balcony on the pedestrians below. Another favorite part is when the Franks made their own movie theater including refreshments and ticket takers. At this time, Jewish people were not allowed to go to the public movie theaters. I learned Anne was very outspoken at an early age. While in hiding, it was interesting to learn how quiet the people had to be. Any noise could get them caught by the police.
I hope you will read the book to find out more about World War II history and Anne Frank.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

HEY ARIA THIS WAS INTRESTING YA SO I WILL READ THIS BOOK, WELL MAYBENOT BUT THIS WAS A GREAT REVIEW!

Anonymous said...

of course you did this

Anonymous said...

Aria, of course you did a Anne Frank book! I like the report you did! - Kate Ford

Con said...

I think it's cool that she did her book report on this. She's obviously very interested in the topic and knows a lot about it. You might even say she's "an expert!" It's kind of like that thing Mr. Converse always says, "The only thing better than being good is getting better." Way to go, Aria!

Anonymous said...

aria i loved thet book and the reviwe you posted about it. of course you would read about anne frank.

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