The Diary of Anne Frank
1959 Nominee

100 Words
The diary of a young girl who lived cloistered away with her family and another during World War II was left behind when the family was seized by the Nazis. I thought I knew the story, but I didn’t understand the magic of a little girl’s little world unfolding while unimaginable horrors happened all around her.

We are such funny creatures, that we create tiny tragedies to avoid the context of the big, scary world when everything falls down around us. It’s easy to wonder if the details matter, at the end of the day.

I think it all matters.