The Hiding Place and Diary of Anne Frank

I also love Anne Frank. I am very intrigue about the hiding place. When I get rich, I will visit that hiding place. I know it is open for tourists. :) Other non fiction books that I enjoy are mostly self help books like Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Writing the Waves, Who We Are When No One is Looking, etc. Good morning glowin100! :)

I've read both The Hiding Place and The Diary of Anne Frank. The Diary of Anne Frank stayed with me longer and I still re-read it from time to time. I think with non fiction, the first thing is the subject. If it grabs you, that makes it enjoyable. Although I've had a few books that were just so well written that I enjoyed them even if I wasn't interested in the subject at first. I think the writer really being interested and transferring that interest to the reader is what makes a non fiction book enjoyable. On a personal level, I like books that make me care about the subject, particularly if it's about a person. If it moves me, I'll enjoy it.

I love to read non-fiction and fiction books set in World War II. When I was in the Netherlands I visited both Anne Frank's house and Corrie Ten Boom's house. I bought and read both books. Judith Kerr wrote a book called "When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit" and it tells how her family fled mainland Europe and came to safety in England. I read "Eli the story of coming of age in the Holocaust. I studied children's literature for one unit when I was at university. I remember "Waiting for Anya" and " The Little Riders". They are fiction books for older children and teenagers. I saw a movie called "The Pied Piper" and read the book. Eli was asked how old she was and she said 14. They told her to say she was 16. She did so and she didn't go off to the gas chambers. She came of age in the concentration camp and she survived. Sadly all of Anne Frank's family got killed in the Holocaust except her father that got her diary published. I think that the true stories set in World War II are gripping and can't be put down. They can be very sad and it is happy that they survived their ordeal except for poor Anne Frank. I feel sick that some people told the soldiers where Anne Frank's family were hiding. I feel happy that Corrie Ten Boom managed to save so many people.

I've read those books too coz they were among the required book reports in 5th grade. Back then I would rather read books with lots of pictures or some silly story...but I had no choice. Well, I may not have been able to appreciate them back in elementary coz It was required reading...but years later I still remembered those books and I reread them and now i appreciate them a lot. I read lots of fiction too but yes, these true to life stories are a class in their own. YOu should read "Through Gates of Splendor" and "Up From Slavery" too. I also have a book called "The Twinkling Stars Know everything"...it's a compilation of testimonies of the parents/family of the boys who were victims of the Hiroshima bombing. I don't think they released copies of those books in the Philippines. Mine was given by a Japanese family friend... haaaaay...tears won't stop from flowing when you read their account of the parents who had to watch their kids die slowly as a result of the bombing.

Might try some biographies. I have been browsing around them and many are catching my eye. It is something I have never read before really and now I think I am keenly interested in peoples life, those famous maybe, who are getting older or left us entirely. Also, if the book is written by the person a bio will give us an insight into their personality as well as their accomplishments and a plus if you admire them already because they are famous. Anne's diary, I did read as a child and I could not help but cry at the end. I did flip the book over several times wondering if pages were missing or if there was more in another book I might be able to get. She was my friend though we never met though we did meet on those pages. :-)