Memories of Anne Frank: Reflections of a Childhood Friend

Alison Leslie Gold. Scholastic, $5.99 (135pp) ISBN 978-0-590-90723-1

Readers of Anne Frank's diary ""will be grateful for the fuller picture"" rendered through the recollected wartime experiences of Frank's best friend, said PW's starred review; ""Gold brings home the painful truths that Frank has come to symbolize."" Ages 8-12. (Apr.)

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