Few people know that Anne Frank and her sister Margot had pen pals in the United States. The American girls were Juanita Wagner (who wrote to Anne) and her older sister, Betty. They lived with their mother in Danville, Iowa. Although they corresponded only once before the German invasion of Holland closed the borders, the letters give a picture of Anne, her sister and their life. Much like her diary, this first-hand account vividly recreates the times in which she lived.
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Few people know that Anne Frank and her sister Margot had pen pals in the United States. The American girls were Juanita Wagner (who wrote to Anne) and her older sister, Betty. They lived with their mother in Danville, Iowa. Although they corresponded only once before the German invasion of Holland closed the borders, the letters give a picture of Anne, her sister and their life. Much like her diary, this first-hand account vividly recreates the times in which she lived.
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Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo. 142 pp, col and b/w ills, index. Illustrated boards in dust-jacket. 'In the fall of 1939, 10-year-old Juanita Wagner of Danville, Iowa, picked a name from a list of pen pals provided by her teacher. She chose a girl her own age who lived in Amsterdam. The girl's name was Anne Frank. Although the girls only had the opportunity to correspond briefly, their letters and contrasing experiences offer a poignant look at lives during wartime. '
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Book Octavo, hardcover, VG in lightly edgeworn white pictorial dj. 144 pp., maps, b/w and color illustrations, references and resources, First edition, first printing., Retracing the correspondence of Juanita Wagner with her penpal Anne Frank before the war, and their diverging stories as it develops.
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