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Searching for Anne Frank: Letters from Amsterdam to Iowa
144 pp.
| Abrams |
October, 2003 |
TradeISBN 0-8109-4514-2$$19.95
(2)
4-6
In 1939, ten-year-old Juanita Wagner of Iowa began a short-lived--two exchanges of letters--pen pal relationship with Anne Frank in the Netherlands. Illustrated with photos, Rubin's account of the war on two home fronts, recounting the Frank family's hiding and eventual imprisonment and the Wagners' school days and wartime employment, provides a broadening context for Anne's famous diary. Bibliography/reading list. Ind.
Reviewer: Roger Sutton
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
November, 2003