Annexed - Hardcover

"Amazing... I enjoyed this book very much." (Pam_TeenBlogger)

"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)

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.