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Annexed [Hardcover]

Sharon Dogar (Author)
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Publication Date: 2 Sep 2010

Everyone knows about Anne Frank, and her life hidden in the secret annexe - or do they?

Peter van Pels and his family are locked away with the Franks too, and Peter sees it all differently. What is it like to be forced into hiding with Anne Frank, to hate her and then find yourself falling in love with her? To know you're being written about in her diary, day after day? What's it like to sit and wait and watch whilst others die, and you wish you were fighting?

Anne's diary ends on August 4 1944, but Peter's story takes us on, beyond their betrayal and into the Nazi death camps. He details with accuracy, clarity and compassion, the reality of day to day survival in Auschwitz - and the terrible conclusion.

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  • Hardcover: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Andersen (2 Sep 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1849391246
  • ISBN-13: 978-1849391245
  • Product Dimensions: 14.1 x 2.6 x 22.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 538,268 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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A brave re-imagining of a harrowing story and an iconic figure. (Costa Book Award )

Shortlisted for the Costa Book Award, 2010 (Costa Book Award )

A delicate, poised and scrupulous re-enactment. (Mal Peet Guardian )

Absorbing...more truthful than 'The Boy in Striped Pyjamas'. 5 stars! (Books for Keeps )

Dogar creates a believable Peter and sustains emotional tension without becoming prurient or mawkish. (Angela Kiverstein Jewish Chronicle )

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The incredible story of Anne Frank through the eyes of Peter - the boy who was locked in the annexe with her and with whom she fell in love.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars An interesting idea... 25 Oct 2010
By Heather VINE™ VOICE
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The premise of this novel is really interesting... It takes the historical figure Peter Van Pels who appears in The Diary of Anne Frank and re imagines Anne's story from his point of view and even continues the story beyond where Anne's diaries end, into Auschwitz. The author has attempted to maintain as much historical accuracy as is known about the annex and the families who stayed there in order to frame her imagining of Peter's story. For those who have read The Diary of Anne Frank this may be an interesting read but we must remember that it is fictional and Peter is not known to have kept any diaries so the novel cannot provide any further insight into the facts of Anne's life or those of the families she hid with in the annex.

For me, the major let down of this novel was the writing style and the 'voice' that Peter is given. It seems to rely too heavily on jaunty, basic dialogue and exchanges between 'characters' seem trivialised. I would love to have seen more of a development of Peter's thoughts- longer passages where the reader got to connect with him and have a greater insight into his thoughts and feelings while trapped in the annex. Despite the difficulty of the subject matter at hand I feel that the author's target audience could have handled a much more authentic engagement with the seriousness of the events of the time.

All in all an interesting idea but poorly executed and written at too basic a level for it's 'young adult' target audience.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting idea. 18 Aug 2010
By RM/TM TOP 500 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
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I loved the premise of this book - that someone sharing Anne Frank's 'Secret Annex' could provide an alternative viewpoint of the time spent in hiding - but the execution itself was a little disappointing for me. Whereas the 'real' diary is packed full of trivial, but compelling information (meals the families ate, gifts given on birthdays, gossip from outside), 'Annexed' focuses mainly on the very insular thoughts of teenage Peter van Pels, separated from his girlfriend, feeling lonely and awkward among the strong female characters. The author seems reluctant to provide the same day-to-day minutiae that were so fascinating in the original (possibly to avoid repetition) but equally seems to be wary of moving too far from Anne's version of events (out of respect for historical fact?). The book thus seems to be 'caught between two stools'. The end (recounting time spent in the concentration camp and on the march) is more successful - possibly because there are no detailed records of Peter's life after the Annex (that I'm aware of), thus allowing a little more poetic licence. There is also a moving section describing the various fates of all the other Annex occupants. In short, a very original idea, but not nearly as arresting as the real thing.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A moving tribute to the occupants of the famous Annexe 23 April 2012
By Miss E. Potten
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I didn't know quite what to expect from this novel. The Diary of a Young Girl is one of my favourite books of all time, so the idea of a novelisation of the same events was simultaneously exciting and just a little bit worrying. Happily - and to my great relief - I found that for the most part, Dogar's endeavour manages to walk the fine line between 'respectful tribute' and 'artistic license' quite successfully!

The book is written from the point of view of Peter van Pels, the teenage son of the family in hiding with the Franks. It begins with Peter watching his (entirely fictional) girlfriend Liese and her family being rounded up and driven away. He can only stand in the road in despair. He makes his way reluctantly to the warehouse to join the Frank family - and his first impressions don't exactly fill him with joy... But slowly he adapts to life in the annexe, finds a new strength he didn't know he had, and begins an odd flirtation with livewire Anne.

This romantic element seems to be the main issue for many of the novel's detractors, but actually I found it quite subtle and entirely plausible. In such a confined space, with hormones raging and very little to engage their attention elsewhere, I found it completely believable that precocious young Anne could set her sights on Peter - and that he might feel extremely conflicted about it, but also tempted by her quick wit and cheerful charm. I occasionally found Peter's narrative a little self-conscious and slow, even manipulative at times, and it didn't have all the little details about daily life that made Anne's journal really come alive, but I still enjoyed it!... Read more ›
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4.0 out of 5 stars Sensitively written 19 Dec 2011
By S. Barnes
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This is a delicately and sensitively written novel of Peter van Pels, the teenage boy who spent two years hiding in the Amsterdam annexe with his family and the Franks. There is no contradiction with Anne Frank's famous diary, but rather the fictionalised story of Peter's story and his growing affections for Anne, together with the account of life after the annexe in the camps of Westerbork and Auschwitz, complements Anne's diary and is an accessible introduction to the subject of the Nazi death camps for teenagers.

Well written, well thought out. Overall, a good companion volume to Anne's diary though children and adults alike should be reminded that this is still very much a fictionalised account of events, and not a historical account.
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5.0 out of 5 stars amazing!
if you loved the anne frank diary this is perfect, if not better. it gives an alternative view on anne frank and puts it into perception. loved it and read it within 2 nights.
Published 2 months ago by Leon.k
3.0 out of 5 stars None
Interesting. However I was left with the uncomfortable feeling that the author started with an ingenious idea and then found it difficult to execute. Read more
Published 14 months ago by sixty plus
4.0 out of 5 stars A Quick Review To Say...
This book gives a beautiful, fascinating, fictional insight into a different viewpoint in the World of Anne Frank. Sharon Dogar has done a wonderful job.
Published 21 months ago by FreeFallen
3.0 out of 5 stars Intriguing but not quite with the power of Kitty
Dogar imagines life within the hidden flat that housed Anne Frank and her family from the point of view from the boy she fell in love with, Peter van Pels. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Jo Bennie
5.0 out of 5 stars An Incredible Book That Will Stay With You Forever
Everyone knows the story of Anne Frank, the girl forced into hiding during World War Two by the Nazis. Read more
Published 22 months ago by TheBookAddictedGirl
4.0 out of 5 stars A good companion novel to Anne Frank's Diary
When I was 13 I read Diary of A Young Girl and it had such a profound impact on my life. The words that Anne Frank wrote down in her diary about the human spirit and hope and the... Read more
Published on 7 April 2011 by Michelle Cardozo
4.0 out of 5 stars Annexed by Sharon Dogar
Annexed
Heart-rending and disturbing story based on the factual diary left by Anne Frank. The story is told from the perspective of Peter van Pels, an 18 year old boy who... Read more
Published on 14 Mar 2011 by Julie Parker
5.0 out of 5 stars Annexed
Like millions of others, when I read Anne Franks Diary at age Thirteen it changed something inside me and affected me like no other book since. Read more
Published on 13 Mar 2011 by Vicki @ Cosy Books
3.0 out of 5 stars Ambitious but only partially succeeds
It's a brave author that takes a revered true-life text and then tells the same story from a different character's point of view. Read more
Published on 4 Feb 2011 by Annabel Gaskell
5.0 out of 5 stars An imaginative change of view
I came to this with an open mind, having read much on the occupants of the attic, and having visited The Anne Frankhuis. Read more
Published on 31 Dec 2010 by Graeme Stewart
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