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Anne Frank

the biography
Presents a biography of Anne Frank utilizing sources beyond her famous diary--even five missing pages from it only discovered in the 1990s. Included are letters sent to American family members by Otto, Anne's father, as well as clues to the identity of those German citizens who betrayed the location of the Franks to the Nazis.

The miniaturist

Engaging the services of a miniaturist to furnish a cabinet-sized replica of her new home, 18-year-old Nella Oortman, the wife of an illustrious merchant trader, soon discovers that the artist's tiny creations mirror their real-life counterparts in eerie and unexpected ways.

Ana Frank

2007
A graphic novel depiction of the life of Anne Frank, describing her years of hiding from the Nazis, her death in a concentration camp, and the survival of her diary.

The coffee trader

a novel
2003
Miguel Lienzo, a trader in Amsterdam's close-knit community of Portuguese Jews in 1659, is forced to test the limits of his commercial guile when he is offered a chance to recoup the fortune he lost in the sugar markets by cornering the market on a new commodity called coffee.

The man who cried I am

2004
In 1964, African-American author Max Reddick looks back as he dies of cancer, reflecting upon the racism he has faced all his life despite his talent, achievements, and even his marriage to a white woman, and his attempts to escape this identity as just a "black man" in Europe and Africa.

Silvie

2000
Former actress Silvia Grohs-Martin chronicles the experiences she had living in Holland during World War II.

Anne Frank and the children of the Holocaust

2008
Explores the life of Anne Frank and other children affected by the Holocaust, including personal accounts, journal entries, interviews, and photographs.

Anne Frank

a light in the dark
2013
Describes the time Anne Frank and her family spent in hiding in their Amsterdam attic home during the Nazi occupation of Holland.

Anne Frank in her own words

2014
A brief biography of Anne Frank that uses her own words to describe how she hid from the Nazis with her parents for years in a secret apartment.

Anne Frank's chestnut tree

2013
An inspirational tribute to Anne Frank describes how, after being deprived of the outdoors for years, she found hope and courage while hiding in the secret annex by glimpsing the branches of a tall chestnut tree through an attic window.

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