Where Is Anne Frank
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Descripción editorial
A new graphic novel that brings to life Kitty, Anne Frank's imaginary friend to whom she addressed her diary—from the same creative team that produced the international bestselling and award-winning Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation
It’s the middle of the night at the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, and a magnificent thunderbolt has just struck the building and shattered the protective glass case in which the most famous diary in history is displayed. Magically, Anne’s imaginary friend, Kitty, comes to life. At first Kitty doesn’t know that seventy-five years have passed, and she has no clue as to why Anne is not in the house or what has become of the seven other inhabitants of the Secret Annex.
When Kitty learns that Anne and her beloved sister Margot have died in the war, she decides to run away from the house, and follow the path of the sisters all the way to where they met their fatal end. Kitty, who soon realizes that she cannot exist without Anne, decides to steal the diary from the museum and starts her journey.
Kitty recounts the complete story of Anne Frank's life, family, and diary from her own unique perspective. In the present day Kitty's adventures bring her in contact with the refugee crisis in Europe, from which she discovers the true meaning of Anne Frank's legacy.
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Folman follows up Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation with a fanciful tale that extends Anne's legacy to the contemporary refugee crisis in Europe and is carried off with graceful drawings by Israeli artist Guberman. As tourists line up outside the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, a bolt of lightning strikes Anne's famous diary, bringing her imaginary friend Kitty to life. As the redheaded embodiment of Anne's longing for a companion, Kitty is surprised to learn of Anne's fame and of her death at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1945. Kitty balks at a theatrical production that misquotes Anne's belief in human goodness, when Anne's actual diary conveyed fear as well as charm: "What chance do I have of surviving anyway?" Kitty is most disturbed when she follows a skinny, brown-skinned pickpocket named Peter, who introduces her to contemporary refugee families evading deportation in cramped hideouts like the Franks'. Holding the diary hostage from a society that wants to make Anne an icon while ignoring its hypocrisies, Kitty leaps through the streets of Amsterdam. The parallel story of Awa, another young refugee, is brief but weighty, thanks to Guberman's more realistic style on these pages. When Kitty finally returns to a swirl of ink, it's implied she lives on metaphorically whenever people apply the lessons of Anne Frank's life to contemporary situations. The premise steps out on a limb, but it lands a strong message.
