Buy used:
$5.26
FREE delivery April 29 - May 4. Details
Or fastest delivery April 25 - 27. Details
Used: Good | Details
Condition: Used: Good
Comment: This item shows signs of wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact , but may have aesthetic issues such as small tears, bends, scratches, and scuffs. Spine may also show signs of wear. Pages may include some notes and highlighting. May include "From the library of" labels. Satisfaction Guaranteed.
Share <Embed>
Have one to sell?
Loading your book clubs
There was a problem loading your book clubs. Please try again.
Not in a club? Learn more
Amazon book clubs early access

Join or create book clubs

Choose books together

Track your books
Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free.
Kindle app logo image

Download the free Kindle app and start reading Kindle books instantly on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. Learn more

Read instantly on your browser with Kindle Cloud Reader.

Using your mobile phone camera - scan the code below and download the Kindle app.

QR code to download the Kindle App

Flip to back Flip to front
Listen Playing... Paused   You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition.
Learn more

Follow the Authors

Something went wrong. Please try your request again later.


Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl Mass Market Paperback – June 1, 1993

4.8 out of 5 stars 15,028 ratings

Price
New from Used from
Kindle
Mass Market Paperback
$5.26
$7.99 $1.27

Books with Buzz
Discover the latest buzz-worthy books, from mysteries and romance to humor and nonfiction. Explore more

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

A beloved classic since its initial publication in 1947, this vivid, insightful journal is a fitting memorial to the gifted Jewish teenager who died at Bergen-Belsen, Germany, in 1945. Born in 1929, Anne Frank received a blank diary on her 13th birthday, just weeks before she and her family went into hiding in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam. Her marvelously detailed, engagingly personal entries chronicle 25 trying months of claustrophobic, quarrelsome intimacy with her parents, sister, a second family, and a middle-aged dentist who has little tolerance for Anne's vivacity. The diary's universal appeal stems from its riveting blend of the grubby particulars of life during wartime (scant, bad food; shabby, outgrown clothes that can't be replaced; constant fear of discovery) and candid discussion of emotions familiar to every adolescent (everyone criticizes me, no one sees my real nature, when will I be loved?). Yet Frank was no ordinary teen: the later entries reveal a sense of compassion and a spiritual depth remarkable in a girl barely 15. Her death epitomizes the madness of the Holocaust, but for the millions who meet Anne through her diary, it is also a very individual loss. --Wendy Smith

Review

“A truly remarkable book.”The New York Times

“One of the most moving personal documents to come out of World War II.”
The Philadelphia Inquirer

“The new edition reveals a new depth to Anne’s dreams, irritations, hardship, and passions. . . . There may be no better way to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the end of World War II than to reread 
The Diary of a Young Girl, a testament to an indestructible nobility of spirit in the face of pure evil.”Chicago Tribune 

“The single most compelling personal account of the Holocaust . . . remains astonishing and excruciating.”
The New York Times Book Review

“How brilliantly Anne Frank captures the self-conscious alienation and naïve self-absorption of adolescence.”
Newsday

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0553296981
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bantam; Reissue edition (June 1, 1993)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Mass Market Paperback ‏ : ‎ 283 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780553296983
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0553296983
  • Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 1020L
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.2 x 0.8 x 6.9 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.8 out of 5 stars 15,028 ratings

About the author

Follow authors to get new release updates, plus improved recommendations.
Brief content visible, double tap to read full content.
Full content visible, double tap to read brief content.

Annelies Marie Frank (German pronunciation: [ʔanəliːs maˈʁiː ˈʔanə ˈfʁaŋk]; Dutch pronunciation: [ʔɑnəˈlis maːˈri ˈʔɑnə ˈfrɑŋk]; 12 June 1929 - February 1945) was a German-born diarist and writer. She is one of the most discussed Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Her diary, The Diary of a Young Girl, which documents her life in hiding during the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II, is one of the world's most widely known books and has been the basis for several plays and films.

Born in the city of Frankfurt, Germany, she lived most of her life in or near Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Born a German national, Frank lost her citizenship in 1941 and thus became stateless. The Frank family moved from Germany to Amsterdam in the early 1930s when the Nazis gained control over Germany. By May 1940, they were trapped in Amsterdam by the German occupation of the Netherlands. As persecutions of the Jewish population increased in July 1942, the family went into hiding in some concealed rooms behind a bookcase in the building where Anne's father worked. In August 1944, the group was betrayed and transported to concentration camps. Anne and her sister, Margot, were eventually transferred to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where they died (probably of typhus) in February or March 1945, just weeks before the camp was liberated in April.

Otto Frank, the only survivor of the family, returned to Amsterdam after the war to find that Anne's diary had been saved by one of the helpers, Miep Gies, and his efforts led to its publication in 1947. It was translated from its original Dutch version and first published in English in 1952 as The Diary of a Young Girl, and has since been translated into over 60 languages. The diary, which was given to Anne on her thirteenth birthday, chronicles her life from 12 June 1942 until 1 August 1944.

Bio and photo from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Photo by Unknown photographer; Collectie Anne Frank Stichting Amsterdam (Website Anne Frank Stichting, Amsterdam) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

Customer reviews

4.8 out of 5 stars
4.8 out of 5
15,028 global ratings

Top reviews from the United States

Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2021
Verified Purchase
Customer image
KCA
2.0 out of 5 stars A masterpiece becomes very hard to read due to numerous typos in Kindle version
Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2021
I had to write this review since, even after reading other customer comments myself, I still ended up buying the wrong version.

Giving this book to my daughter -who turns 12 this month- was a very anticipated event. I wanted to share this remarkable young girl's story that I read when I was 12. Anne became a fundamental influence in my life, at such a young age, and the impact of learning about what she - and so many others- endured during the Nazi occupation stayed with me forever.

I wanted the complete edition (which is not the one I read back in my time) and I didn't mind it being a Kindle one, as long as we could have the reader experience this book deserves, and the integrity of the Anne's diary was preserved.

It was confusing shopping for what I wanted, since there's many different versions in one same item and the differences are not that very well explained. I came across two kindle versions, one for 99 cents and this one for around 3 dollars. I saw the bad reviews and comments about having numerous typos. I thought those reviews referred to the other Kindle version, so I went for this one (I'm adding the picture to help other readers). Now I realize all reviews for all versions might be mixed together, and there's maybe even the possibility that the 99 cents and 3 dollar kindle edition are just the same. I don't know, but my daughter started reading aloud and it was difficult to read at times due to the numerous errors.

I'm looking for a paperback version now, so that my daughter can have a frustration free experience for the rest of the book. I'm just right where I started and I don't know which one I should pick now.
Images in this review
Customer image
Customer image
25 people found this helpful
Report abuse
Reviewed in the United States on April 12, 2021
Verified Purchase
2 people found this helpful
Report abuse
Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2021
Verified Purchase
3 people found this helpful
Report abuse
Reviewed in the United States on October 19, 2016
Verified Purchase
Customer image
5.0 out of 5 stars ... book for my English class & it came out perfect. The quality and the inside looks really good
Reviewed in the United States on October 19, 2016
I needed this book for my English class & it came out perfect. The quality and the inside looks really good. Shipping and handling was really good as well came on perfect timing. Thank you. Really is worth it and good PRICE 👏
Images in this review
Customer image Customer image
Customer imageCustomer image
27 people found this helpful
Report abuse
Reviewed in the United States on July 16, 2021
Verified Purchase
One person found this helpful
Report abuse
Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2022
Verified Purchase
Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2021
Verified Purchase
Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2020
Verified Purchase
One person found this helpful
Report abuse

Top reviews from other countries

✌Ramees Rahman✌
5.0 out of 5 stars A must read book..!✌Will be a treat for ur eyes & mind..!🏆
Reviewed in India on June 26, 2018
Verified Purchase
Customer image
✌Ramees Rahman✌
5.0 out of 5 stars A must read book..!✌Will be a treat for ur eyes & mind..!🏆
Reviewed in India on June 26, 2018
Hai guys👋

Before reading this book i thought this book is for kids but anyway i gave it a try and i am so gladful that i didn't missed it an d also i have a regret that i didn't read this one for this much long.👌

Book content-:👇🏻

This book is the diary of a young girl 'Anne Frank'.The story begins on Anne's 13th birthday when she gets a diary.☝

This story reveals the sufferings and pains faced by Anne's family when the Nazi part invaded Germany.At that point they are staying in the Frankfurt but they later escaped to Amsterdam.The diary suddenly ends on 1 August 1944.(This makes me to shed a tear drop)😢

In her diary she was questioning herself about the right of equality among humans.She left us a question for every vivid reader that "If we belongs to a particular caste or race then will it takes away the freedom for living?".But she was a happy and talkative person who loves to describe others.😘

When the diary suddenly ends it will break our heart and we will really wish in the courner of our heart that she will be fine & there is nothing to worry eventhough we know that she was no more..!😢

👉🏻Thank's 4 reading👈🏻
Images in this review
Customer image Customer image
Customer imageCustomer image
367 people found this helpful
Report abuse
Amaan
5.0 out of 5 stars My first novel.
Reviewed in India on November 19, 2018
Verified Purchase
Customer image
Amaan
5.0 out of 5 stars My first novel.
Reviewed in India on November 19, 2018
Wonderful book having described different aspects of life in cheerful way by a 13 year old girl surviving n one of the most horrifying period of the human history .Great book.We should read these kind of things.It just freshens our mind.
Images in this review
Customer image
Customer image
148 people found this helpful
Report abuse
Sakshi
4.0 out of 5 stars Amazing ❤️
Reviewed in India on April 3, 2019
Verified Purchase
Customer image
Sakshi
4.0 out of 5 stars Amazing ❤️
Reviewed in India on April 3, 2019
Social/Historical context:

The diary was written in Amsterdam from 1942-1944, major part of it being written while hiding in the annex. The novel provides valuable information about the holocaust, the Nazi regime and the horrors the Jews had to face. From the book we understand that Jews during the time were not allowed to use public transport and it was mandatory for Jews to wear a yellow badge on their garments so as to identify them as Jews in public.

Writing Style:

Anne Frank was obviously a very talented writer. Anne had such mature views about life and relations ship. Due to the outstanding nature of the writing many had criticized that the book was fabricated. The diary was then subjected to forensic studies and proved otherwise. The writing style is simple and easy to comprehend, written from a first person perspective.

My Thoughts:

Anne Frank’s Diary is a heart rending and moving read. Thinking of a little girl surviving in a cramped space with constant fear of being caught almost brought tears to my eyes. Sometimes life was so hard for Anne that for a moment, she thinks it might have been better if she had died instead of hiding in the Annex. Though she realizes that her life and dreams might be shattered, the courage to face life whatever may happen is truly inspiring. I feel that this is a novel everyone should read in order to understand the destructiveness of fascism and bigotry.
Images in this review
Customer image
Customer image
92 people found this helpful
Report abuse
James
5.0 out of 5 stars A book that I’ll hold with me for as long as possible
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 17, 2016
Verified Purchase
102 people found this helpful
Report abuse
SHIVANI✔️
3.0 out of 5 stars Nice book
Reviewed in India on March 30, 2019
Verified Purchase
Customer image
SHIVANI✔️
3.0 out of 5 stars Nice book
Reviewed in India on March 30, 2019
Nice book
Value for money
Images in this review
Customer image Customer image Customer image
Customer imageCustomer imageCustomer image
57 people found this helpful
Report abuse