22. There Is More Than One Diary, But Some Might Be Lost Forever
Anne celebrated her 13th birthday right before her family went into hiding. Anne and her family knew they would soon go into hiding, so Otto decided to let Anne pick out her own birthday present. She decided on a red checkered autograph book that she started writing on June 14, 1942.
Anne would not fit all of the two years into her autograph book. The last date in the checkered book is December 5, 1942. She then started to write in notebooks. Unfortunately, many people believe that some diaries are lost because the notebooks began on December 22, 1943.
