Anne Frank's diary telling the story of her years in hiding from the Nazis has affected millions of people. But what was she like as a small girl at home with her family & friends; at play & at school? & how did an ordinary little girl come to live such an extraordinary & tragically short life? In the first half of the book we meet Anne as a small child growing up with her family in Germany. Then we follow her flight to Holland to escape the Nazis; the German invasion & the gradual isolation then outright persecution of the Jewish population which forces the family into hiding; the years in the Secret Annex; & her last heart-breaking journey.