In 1942, Anne Frank and her family fleeing the horrors of Nazi occupation, hid in the back of an Amsterdam warehouse. Over the next two years, Anne describes in her diary her frustrations at being confined, hungry, bored and the threat of discovery. Her diary ends when they are discovered in 1944.

Review:

"The new edition reveals a new depth to Anne'sdreams, irritations, hardship, and passions There may be no better way to commemorate the fiftiethanniversary of the end of World War II than toreread The Diary of a Young Girl," "a testament to an indestructivle nobility ofspirit in the face of pureevil." "Chicago Tribune"