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The Diary of Anne Frank
ok, seriously everyone...

ok, seriously everyone should read this at some point. I was so surprised when I read it, I thought it was just about some boring, average girl who just happened to go through a horrible (but boring) ordeal. But Anne Frank, the real person, was so amazing and funny and wise, and I can actually relate to her on some points. And the worst part of it is that at the end, it just... stops. There's no happy ending, or even a dramatic one. She and everyone else who died in the Holocaust, they deservered to live, they had so much life and love and potential and all of that was stripped away from them, for no good reason at all. At least the memory of this one girl was preserved. 

Ok that got reaally sad. Anyway. It's an amazing read. 

submitted by DoodleGirl, age 13, Earth
(July 29, 2020 - 7:24 am)

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Yesssss!! I've read this twice, once in second grade (which probably wasn't the best decision, all of it went over my head XD) and once this year. The ending nearly made me cry... because, well, if you know what happened after that you know why I almost cried.

submitted by Luminescence, age XI, California
(July 29, 2020 - 11:56 am)
submitted by TOP
(July 29, 2020 - 3:48 pm)
I have never read this book, but I want to (my Mom won't let me) tell me more about it.
submitted by Joel, age 10, nowhere
(August 12, 2020 - 12:40 pm)

Random thing kinda related. My great grandmother was named Jean Frank and was an atheist Jew. At this point you are supposed to be wondering if we are related. 

suspense. ooooooo

We did some geneology annnnnnnnnnnddddddd we're not. That is my sad story.

 

I haven't read it but I read a different thing about her and it was a good story with excerpts from her diary. 

Just so everyone knows this could be one of us some day, like if one of us kept a diary about quarantine life or something. 

submitted by PandaGirl, age 11, New England
(August 13, 2020 - 7:42 pm)

It kind of puts it into perspective how lucky we actually are that this pandemic is coming now, because at least we can go outside, contact people, and lots of other things, which people in hiding could not.

@Joel, I get why your mom didn't let you read it, cuz there are some parts (at least in the version I have) that are kinda inappropriate. But when you can, definitely read it. 

submitted by DoodleGirl , age 13 , Earth
(August 14, 2020 - 11:28 am)