Searching for Anne Frank
Anne Frank: Letters from Amsterdam to Iowa is a 2003 book about Anne Frank and her pen pal, Juanita Wagner. It is written by Susan Goldman Rubin.
Summary
In 1939, a ten-year-old girl named Juanita Wagner was the pen pal of Anne Frank and she only sent two letters. Juanita lived in Danville, Iowa. Juanita and her older sister, Betty (the pen pal of Margot), wondered what had happened to the Franks in the war. After the production of a 1955 show called The Diary of Anne Frank on Broadway, the sisters realized who their pen pals were. The book tells the story of Anne Frank's life and Juanita Wagner's life.
Reception
Roger Sutton, of Horn Book Magazine, reviewed the book saying, "Rubin wisely eschews much retelling of Anne's days in hiding, and her coverage of later events, including the publication and reception of the diary, is illuminating in its demonstration of Anne Frank's reach".[1] A Kirkus Reviews review says, "responded with a long handwritten letter about Anne's capture and death. This letter did not survive. Every bit of information about the time Anne spent in the concentration camp before her death, every photograph--and there are some new ones here--fascinates. However, the bland correspondence, if one can call it that, provides a weak premise for another book about Anne Frank".[2] A Publishers Weekly review says, "Abundant visuals include photos, movie stills and ephemera. Like the text, however, the contrast between the illustrations of wartime Holland and those of homefront America suggests a chasm more than a link".[3]
References
External links
- Museum of Tolerance
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- The Diary of Anne Frank (1959 film)
- Anne no Nikki (1995 anime film)
- Freedom Writers (2007 film)
- Das Tagebuch der Anne Frank (2016 film)
- Love All You Have Left (2017 film)
- My Best Friend Anne Frank (2021 film)
- Where Is Anne Frank (2021 film)
- The Diary of Anne Frank (1967 TV film)
- The Diary of Anne Frank (1980 film)
- The Diary of Anne Frank (1987 BBC TV serial)
- The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank (1988 TV film)
- Laatste Zeven Maanden van Anne Frank (1988 TV documentary)
- Anne Frank Remembered (1995 TV documentary)
- Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001 ABC TV mini-series)
- The Short Life of Anne Frank
- Mi Ricordo Anna Frank
- The Diary of Anne Frank (2009 BBC TV serial)
- A Small Light (2023 mini-series)
- The Diary of Anne Frank (1952 radio play)
- The Diary of a Young Girl
- Anne Frank and Me
- My Name Is Anne, She Said, Anne Frank
- Anne Frank: The Biography
- Tales from the Secret Annex
- Searching for Anne Frank
- Annelies
- The Cat Who Lived with Anne Frank
- The Diary of Anne Frank (play)
- The Diary of Anne Frank (opera)
- And Then They Came for Me (play)