The Devil's Arithmetic - Softcover

Yolen, Jane

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1903015103 ISBN 13: 9781903015100

Publisher: Barn Owl Books, London, 2001

Synopsis

When Hannah finds herself catapulted from modern New York to Poland in 1942, she realises that as a Jew she and her family and friends are in terrible danger. However, no one will believe Hannah when she warns of the horrors to come and history takes its course. A tale of courage, love and friendship that makes for a sobering and heart warming read.

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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'.

Edition details

• Publisher: Barn Owl Books, London
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1903015103
• ISBN 13: 9781903015100
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 176