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Title: A brilliant journey into the life of the Franks
Review: This book is an excellent one I recently chose for our Lutheran church library. The story follows the lives of the Franks during the prewar era. It describes how, little by little, lives of the Jews became compartmentalized and restricted and how it affected Anne's family specifically. This explanation helps children understand why people were trapped---it all happened so slowly in such smalll increments that before they knew it there was no escape. This book also contains numerous maps and timelines about the concentration camps, their proximity and how people were sent from one to the other. The book then goes on the describe how Anne's diary was saved. For kids who have read her diary, perhaps in the classroom, or for those who just want to know more about Anne and see her in photographs, this book is an excellent learning tool and leaves you feeling both sad at her premature death and triumphant that her diary was saved.
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