National Geographic Readers: Anne Frank (Readers Bios)

Anne Frank is one of the first of many National Geographic Readers that highlight important historical figures. This level-3 reader brings an understanding of her historical significance to a whole new audience. Young readers will learn about the brave and tragic life of the young girl whose diary kept while in hiding from Nazis is one of the most important and insightful books of the World War II era. National Geographic Readers: Anne Frank explores not just the diary, but her life and the important role she played in 20th-century history. Who Was Anne Frank? -- Childhood In Germany -- In Her Time -- Life In Holland -- World War Ii -- Into Hiding -- Inside The Secret Annex -- Anne's Diary -- Capture -- End Of The War -- Finding Anne's Diary -- 6 Other Young Writers -- A Changed World. Alexandra Zapruder. Includes Index. Traces the life of a Jewish girl who chronicled her day-to-day life in a diary as she hid in an attic in Nazi-occupied Holland for two years.