The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank
In 1942, Anne Frank, a Jewish girl living in Amsterdam under Nazi rule, is given a diary for her thirteenth birthday. Soon afterwards her family must go into hiding in secret rooms behind her father's office. Anne writes honestly about the fear, the arguments and her hopes for the future.
- Length
- About 80,000 words
- To read it
- About 54 days
- Stage
- Key Stage 3
Reading time at 1,500 words a day, the pace we start from until we know your child’s own.
Where it is taught
Why The Diary of a Young Girl is on the list
- Year 9, Core. The books most schools teach in this year. A good place to start.
Reading it here
What your child does with it
- 1
Choose it and set a finish date
You get a suggested target from the length of the book and your child's reading pace.
- 2
Check in along the way
A longer book has short check-ins every week or two, so it keeps moving and nothing is forgotten.
- 3
Answer two questions
When they finish: a review of the book, and a deeper question about how it works.
- 4
Get it marked, and redraft
Every answer is marked against the rubric for their year, with a reason for every score.