Le journal d'Anne Frank #[nn]

A young girl in a pink dress sits at a table with a journal, pen in hand, an inkwell beside her — behind her, a doorway opens onto a crowded, tense scene of multiple figures pressed together in what appears to be a confined space. David Polonsky's cover art for this 2017 Calmann-Lévy adaptation captures both the intimacy of a writer at work and the anxious world surrounding her with quiet, expressive power. Ari Folman and Polonsky bring Anne Frank's own words into the graphic narrative form, making this a thoughtful and moving addition to any shelf.