The Devil's Arithmetic - Hardcover

Yolen, Jane

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670810274 ISBN 13: 9780670810277

Publisher: Puffin, 1988

Synopsis

Hannah resents stories of her Jewish heritage and of the past until, when opening the door during a Passover Seder, she finds herself in Poland during World War II where she experiences the horrors of a concentration camp, and learns why she-- and we--need to remember the past.Hannah resents stories of her Jewish heritage and of the past until, when opening the door during a Passover Seder, she finds herself in Poland during World War II where she experiences the horrors of a concentration camp

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Review:

A triumphantly moving book. ("Kirkus Reviews," pointer review)

A triumphantly moving book. ("Kirkus Reviews", pointer review)

"A triumphantly moving book."--"Kirkus Reviews," pointer review
"[Yolen] adds much to understanding the effects of the Holocaust, which will reverberate throughout history, today and tomorrow."--"SLJ," starred review
'When 12-year-old Hannah is transported back to a 1940's Polish village, she experiences the very horrors that had embarrassed and annoyed her when her elders related their Holocaust experiences."--"Publishers Weekly"

"A triumphantly moving book."--Kirkus Reviews, pointer review

"[Yolen] adds much to understanding the effects of the Holocaust, which will reverberate throughout history, today and tomorrow."--SLJ, starred review

'When 12-year-old Hannah is transported back to a 1940's Polish village, she experiences the very horrors that had embarrassed and annoyed her when her elders related their Holocaust experiences."--Publishers Weekly

About the Author:

Jane Yolen is one of America's most popular and prolific authors, writing everything from picture books to adult fiction. Jane was born in New York but now lives with her professor husband in a large white wooden house outside Northampton, Mass, where she had three children, now all grown up and obliging with a growing band of grandchildren. Every year Jane and her husband spend several months in St. Andrew's, Scotland. Jane has won every major prize in Children's Books in the U.S. and has been described as 'the American Hans Andersen'.

About this edition

• Publisher: Puffin
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0670810274
• ISBN 13: 9780670810277
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 176