My daughter (10) read this book recently. It raised many discussions and debates. I pre-read it first, just to prepare myself as I hadn't read it in many, many years... but decided that it was probably OK. What surprised me were the frank discussions in the diary about Anne's relationship with her mother (very fiesty) and her romantic liaison with Peter van D (eek!). It's not a "light" read though so I guess I would check the forecast after the prologue...

jojo