Books like Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl

It took me almost 3 months to finish reading this book. Mainly for two reasons, I couldn't dedicate enough time for reading on a regular basis because of my schedule and also because of the slow pace of the book which describes Anne's experiences and thoughts in detail. I had to skip many pages as I felt the days in hiding were mostly similar.Annelies Marie Frank started writing this diary two days after her thirteenth birthday. The book starts with Anne explaining her life before moving into Secret Annex. She explains about her family, friends and schoolmates. She also expresses her thoughts about things around her and what people think about her, common thoughts of a growing teenager. But things change when Germans attack Holland (Netherlands) and start taking all the Jews as prisoners. There was bloodshed, people were arrested just for being Jews and many of them had to hide to escape from all this. Anne's family had to move into secret annex above her father's office with another family.She has beautifully explained how difficult it was to live without having proper connection with the outside world. And how they would spend time in the annex with constant fear of getting caught or attacked by Germans. She has also explained how the life in hiding was different from the one outside.Though Anne didn't live to write the ending of her diary, her father and the publishers have given a brief explanation about what happened to the people in annex. Unfortunately, out of 8 people only Anne's father, Otto Frank lived to tell stories of his daughter and share her experiences.Read this book if you want to know how difficult and different our lives will be if we don’t have the freedom that we deserve. And how bad the wars are for all the living beings as they cause destruction of property, lives and peace.