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The tree in the courtyard was a horse chestnut. Her leaves were green stars; her flowers foaming cones of white and pink. Seagulls flocked to her shade. She spread roots and reached skyward in peace. 
The tree watched a little girl, who played and laughed and wrote in a diary. When strangers invaded the city and warplanes roared overhead, the tree watched the girl peek out of the curtained window of the annex. It watched as she and her family were taken away—and when her father returned after the war, alone. 
The tree died the summer Anne Frank would have turned eighty-one, but its seeds and saplings have been planted around the world as a symbol of peace. Its story, and Anne’s story, are beautifully told and illustrated in this powerful picture book.

       院子里的树是一棵马栗树。她的叶子是绿色的星星，她的花朵形成了白色的和粉色的泡泡，海鸥在她的树荫里聚集，她的根向上延展，直伸到和平的天空。这棵树看着一个小女孩，看着她玩耍，看着她欢笑，也看着她写日记。当城市被陌生人入侵，战斗机在头顶呼啸的时候，这棵树看到了小女孩从装有窗帘的窗户里偷偷地往外张望，看到了她和她的家人被带走，也看到了战争结束后，她的父亲孤身回来取走女儿日记的落寞背影……随着这棵树渐渐长大，她看着一批批的孩子年复一年地来参观，在安妮曾走过的地方漫步，在安妮曾坐过的地方静思……在安妮·弗兰克本应迈入她81岁年头的那个夏天，这棵树死了，但她的种子和树苗被视为和平的象征在世界各地种植。而她的故事，以及安妮的故事，也在这本充满力量的图画书里，被优美地讲述……