The Devil's Arithmetic
Language: English
Published by Puffin Books, New York, 1998
- Softcover
- Used
Seller: Orielis' Books, CHAPEL HILL, NC, U.S.A.Orielis' Books
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Condition: Used - Very good
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Corners bumped, a little edge wear and rubbing. An attractive copy.; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 170 pages; Winner of the National Jewish Book Award. "Hannah dreads going to her family's Passover Seder. Her relatives always tell the same stories, and Hannah's tired of hearing them talk about the past. But when she opens the front door to symbolically welcome the prophet Elijah, she's transported to a Polish village - and the year 1942. Why is she there, and who is this 'Chaya' that everyone seems to think she is? Just as she begins to unravel the mystery, Nazi soldiers come to take everyone in the village away. And only Hannah knows the unspeakable horrors that await." Age Level: Grades 4-8.
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- Title
- The Devil's Arithmetic
- Author
- Yolen, Jane
- Publisher
- Puffin Books, New York
- Publication year
- 1998
- Condition
- Very Good-
- Dust jacket
- No Dust Jacket
- Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0140345353
- ISBN 13
- 9780140345353
- Illustrator
- Illustrated by Cieslawski, Steve (cover)
- Edition
- Forty-Sixth Printing.
- Seller catalogs
- Children's Books, Children's Books: Award Winners, Historical Fiction
Hannah dreads going to her family''s Passover Seder—she''s tired of hearing her relatives talk about the past. But when she opens the front door to symbolically welcome the prophet Elijah, she''s transported to a Polish village in the year 1942. Why is she there, and who is this "Chaya" that everyone seems to think she is? Just as she begins to unravel the mystery, Nazi soldiers come to take everyone in the village away. And only Hannah knows the unspeakable horrors that await. A critically acclaimed novel from multi-award-winning author Jane Yolen.
"[Yolen] adds much to understanding the effects of the Holocaust, which will reverberate throughout history, today and tomorrow." —SLJ, starred review
"Readers will come away with a sense of tragic history that both disturbs and compels." —Booklist
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Orielis' Books
CHAPEL HILL, NC, U.S.A.
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