When We Flew Away: A Novel of Anne Frank Before the Diary

by Alice Hoffman

It was happening all over the city, secret worlds of hidden people who had no other way to escape.

A book belongs to its author, but it belongs to the reader as well, and a book can mean many things to many people. For me, The Diary of a Young Girl illuminated the desires of a girl who desperately wished to be a writer. Anne’s voice spoke directly to me in a way no author had before.