Book Talk #2

Book Talk #2
By Josha Rafael

Imagine living in a world where if you’re Jewish living in Germany you get sent to a concentration camp where the Nazis persecute you and leave you to die. Anne Frank did. Her and her family go into hiding from the Nazis for 2 years living with 2 other families. From July 12th 1942- August 1st 1944 Anne wrote in a diary about her and her family in hiding. She explains in the diary what it truly feels like to be totally cut off from the world and the struggles and fights living with 2 other families. The diary is written from the perspective of a teenager who just wants to be a teenager.
By the way, Anne Frank’s diary is actually a real diary that was written by her.

Hello everybody my name is Josha and today my book talk is on Anne Frank’s diary written by Anne Frank. Anne frank’s diary is about when her and her family go into hiding with 2 other families for 2 years. She writes from the perspective of a person stubbornly honest, touchingly vulnerable and just in love with life. She writes about how she hungers for affection and the fights her and her mother get into. She tells her tale with the wisdom of a 50 year old but in truth she is only 13. Now that I think about it, she is only 1 year older than me.

I’d recommend this book to kids ages 11- 15 who like sadness, happiness, love, hatred and just plain stupidness.

This book is available at Book Warehouse, Kidsbooks, Chapters, Mr.G’s library, Mrs.Weintraub’s library, our school library, and the Vancouver Public library.