AMY SWEENEY/Staff photo. Andover Townsman. Amy Walsh spent a year writing a novel, titled "Abigail," about a young girl living in Europe at the brink of WWII. The self-published book will be released this month. 07/14/2010

Amy is 14 and will start her freshman year at Andover High School in the fall. Walsh was inspired to write her WWII-themed novel after seeing a stage version of "The Diary of Ann Frank."

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