A review by lindseysparks
Anne Frank's Tales from the Secret Annex: A Collection of Her Short Stories, Fables, and Lesser-Known Writings, Revised Edition by Anne Frank

5.0

I would hate to have my childhood stories, essays and daydreams published, but Anne's are really quite good even though these are not polished for publication the way her diary was. There is a story about her befriending a movie star and going to visit her in California that would have been silly if not for knowing Anne's story, which made it poignant. You can see her writing developing throughout the book and I wonder if she would have become a great novelist had she survived the war. But if she had survived, would her diary have had the same impact it has? This little collection made Anne even more real to me and again reminded me of our similarities and how lucky I am to have been born when and where I was.