Searching for Anne Frank: Letters from Amsterdam to Iowa
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| Rating | : | 4.73 (714 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0810945142 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 80 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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It is held together by the correspondence between Juanita Wagner, a girl growing up in Iowa, and Anne Frank in Amsterdam. Throughout, she tends to assume that the brief correspondence had a significant impact on the girls' lives and that it was frequently on their minds. Nonetheless, this is a compelling read that highlights the reality of war at home and abroad, and readers are bound to be moved by the story. The author details what happened to them and their families throughout the war years and thereafter. . From School Library Journal Grade 5-8-This book explores and compares the impact of World War II on the lives of two sisters in the United States and two in the Netherlands. The girls were matched as pen pals in 1939, and they exchanged a total of two letters before the war interrupted their budding friendship. This is especially questionable in Anne's case, as her pen pal is never mentioned in her copious journal entrie
Few people know that Anne Frank and her sister Margot had pen pals in the United States. They lived with their mother in Danville, Iowa. Although they corresponded only once before the German invasion of Holland closed the borders, the letters give a picture of Anne, her sister and their life. Much like her diary, this first-hand account vividly recreates the times in which she lived.. The American girls were Juanita Wagner (who wrote to Anne) and her older sister, Betty
Her biography of Margaret Bourke-White was named an ALA Best Book for Young Adults and a Smithsonian Notable Book for Children. Susan Goldman Rubin is the author of a number of books for children on creative figures, among them Steven Spielberg and Frank Lloyd Wright.
Midwest Book Review said Offers unique insight into Anne Frank's famous Diary. Published in association with the Simon Wiesenthal Center-Museum of Tolerance Library and Archives, Searching For Anne Frank: Letters From Amsterdam To Iowa by Susan Goldman Rubin surveys the correspondence between Anne Frank and ten-year-old Juanita Wagner of Danville, Iowa. Juanita chose Anne's name off of a list provided by her teacher for a pen-pal experience; each girl was to see a very different view of the horrific events unfolding in World War II. This poignant look at the. This Is An Amazing Book I would rate this book higher than 5 Stars if I could! This is an amazing book. Every young person and every person for that matter should see these photographs and read the text together with the "Diary of Anne Frank". This is a definitely must see. Congratulations to the author on such an important work. The drums of war were sounding in the background as these young pen pals began their correspondence. Who could have imagined the horrors yet to come? That Anne Frank had a pen p. No New Revelations RCM As an admirer of Anne Frank and her legacy and an avid reader of Holocaust literature, I was intrigued by the premise of "Searching for Anne Frank: Letters from Amsterdam to Iowa" by Susan Goldman Rubin. Who knew that shortly before the Frank family's lives were turned completely upside down that the two daughters had penpals in the United States? Goldman Rubin follows that connection, portraying what impact the war had on the lives of two very different sets of sisters, yet the c