Thank you for your lovely letter. It was very kind of you to pick me as your favorite author. I’m very honored and happy that you are a fan of my diary. Is it okay that it makes you a little sad after you finish it? I think it should. I think it should make everyone a little sad.
Sincerely,
Anne Frank
Dear Miss Anne Frank,
We both have the same name! Though I am Presbyterian, and my last name is “French.” Also, I don’t have an “e” on the end of my first name, which is “Ann.” I am in the seventh grade at Hillbrook Junior High School in Ft. Clarkson, Michigan. My English teacher, Mrs. Parsons, gave me “The Diary of a Young Girl” to read, because she said she thought I could “handle it.” (Though she says I’m still not old enough to read any of your other books yet.) Anyway, I read your diary, and she was correct! I could handle it, though it made me cry sometimes. It was so good and so sad at the same time. But I loved it so much that I have read it over and over again! Though I’m really sorry to hear that your sister and mom died after your diary ended.
My mom died too. It happened last winter, though my mom died in a car accident coming home from the grocery, which I know is so different than what happened to yours. I still miss her so much, sometimes in the middle of the day, or even when I’m playing volleyball in gym class. It just comes over me for no reason. It’s hard to explain. But somehow your book has made me feel better. Thank you for writing it.
Best wishes,
Ann French
Dear Ann (without an “e”)
Thank you for sending your kind words. I’m very touched by them. I’m so very sorry to hear your mother passed away. You are correct; mine did, too, when I was fifteen. She died in a concentration camp the Nazis ran in Poland. That was a long time ago, but I still miss her. I’m sure I will always miss her. Things do, however, become easier, even if the pain of missing her never goes away, which I doubt it ever will. At least it has not yet for me.
I hope you like the autographed copy of “The Diary” that I am sending you. I wrote you a note on the title page.
All my best and heartfelt wishes,
Anne (with an “e”)
Dear Miss Frank,
Even though I am a teenager now (my birthday was last week), I still loved reading your “Diary of a Young Girl,” even if my sister (who is fifteen) teased me. She says she’s reading “ADULT” books now, not “SEVENTH-GRADE STUFF.” But if you ask me, I would rather read your book a hundred times, instead of “Lord of the Flies” once.
