Details Condition: New Format: Hardback (Sprayed Edge) ISBN: 9789363126701 Publisher: Wilco (Wilco Classics) Age Range: 12+ (Young Adult / Adult readers) Overview The Diary of a Young Girl is Anne Frank's extraordinary first-hand account of life in hiding during the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam. This Wilco Classics sprayed-edge premium hardback presents her words in a beautifully finished, collectible edition, with sturdy binding that make it as much a keepsake as a book to read and pass on to the next generation of readers. About the Book Given a diary for her thirteenth birthday, Anne Frank began recording her daily life just weeks before her family went into hiding from the Nazis in a concealed annex above her father's Amsterdam office. Over the next two years, she filled its pages with candid reflections on family tensions, first love, boredom, fear, and flashes of irrepressible hope, all while war raged outside the walls that both protected and confined her. What began as a private teenage journal has become one of the most widely read works of the twentieth century, translated into dozens of languages and studied in classrooms worldwide. Anne's writing is remarkable for its immediacy: she writes as a real teenager, impatient with her mother, curious about her body, dreaming of becoming a writer, while the adult world around her disintegrates. The diary ends abruptly in August 1944 when the annex was discovered; Anne died in Bergen-Belsen the following year, one of an estimated six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Her father, Otto Frank, the only survivor of the household, arranged for her diary's publication in 1947, ensuring her voice endured. This Wilco Classics edition honours that legacy in a durable, sprayed-edge hardback built for reading, gifting, and display, bringing history to a new generation of readers. Complete, faithful text of Anne Frank's celebrated wartime diary Premium hardback binding with decorative sprayed page edges for a collectible finish Ideal for personal libraries, school reading lists, and Holocaust education A thoughtful, lasting gift for history lovers, students, and book collectors Durable construction designed to withstand repeated classroom or home use Part of the acclaimed Wilco Classics range of deluxe sprayed-edge editions About the Author Annelies Marie "Anne" Frank (1929–1945) was a German-born Jewish diarist who documented her family's two years in hiding during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. Born in Frankfurt, she moved with her family to Amsterdam in the early 1930s to escape rising persecution. After the annex was discovered in 1944, Anne was deported and died in Bergen-Belsen shortly before the camp's liberation. Her diary, preserved by family friend Miep Gies and published by her father, has since become one of the most widely read testimonies of the Holocaust. Why You'll Love This Edition This sprayed-edge hardback transforms an essential piece of history into a beautiful object worth owning, gifting, and returning to again and again, honouring Anne Frank's voice with the permanence and care her story deserves. Please Note: Please note this is the UK edition with cover artwork as shown; ISBN as listed.