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Who Was Anne Frank? — Content Guide for Parents

By Ann Abramson, Who HQPenguinISBN 9780448444826112 pages
Who Was Anne Frank?

Found in this book

  • ViolenceSupporting
  • Scary contentSupporting
  • Race & cultureCentral

Not found

  • Religion
  • Profanity
  • Climate
  • Sexual content
  • Gender roles
  • Gender & orientation

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Religion

PRESENT

Contains references to prayer and church attendance. A minister character plays a supporting role in two chapters.

About this book

In her amazing diary, Anne Frank revealed the challenges and dreams common for any young girl. But Hitler brought her childhood to an end and forced her and her family into hiding. Who Was Anne Frank? looks closely at Anne’s life before the secret annex, what life was like in hiding, and the legacy of her diary. Black-and-white illustrations including maps and diagrams provide historical and visual reference in an easy-to-read biography written in a way that is appropriate and accessible for younger readers.

Frequently asked questions

  • Is Who Was Anne Frank? appropriate for a 7-year-old?

    The biography covers war, the family's arrest and deportation, and concentration camps with death and disease, and a rating site gives violence 3/5. The book tells of a family hiding from the Nazis, their capture, and the camps, and a rating site gives fear/horror 3/5.

  • Does Who Was Anne Frank? have violence?

    Found (Supporting): The biography covers war, the family's arrest and deportation, and concentration camps with death and disease, and a rating site gives violence 3/5.

  • Does Who Was Anne Frank? have scary content?

    Found (Supporting): The book tells of a family hiding from the Nazis, their capture, and the camps, and a rating site gives fear/horror 3/5.

  • Does Who Was Anne Frank? have religion?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Who Was Anne Frank? have race & culture?

    Found (Central): The book is about Anne, a Jewish girl, and her family being persecuted by the Nazis and forced into hiding because they were Jewish.

  • Does Who Was Anne Frank? have profanity?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Who Was Anne Frank? have climate?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Who Was Anne Frank? have sexual content?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Who Was Anne Frank? have gender roles?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Who Was Anne Frank? have gender & orientation?

    Not found in the sources we checked.