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The Devil's Arithmetic Paperback - 1990
by Jane Yolen
- Used
- Paperback
Hannah is tired of hearing about the Nazis during the Holocaust, but when she opens the door for Elijah at the Passover Seder, she is transported in time to 1940s Poland, where she is captured and put in a death camp. A girl named Rivka befriends her, teaching her how to fight the dehumanization of the camp and hold onto her identity.
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Details
- Title The Devil's Arithmetic
- Author Jane Yolen
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Pages 176
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Puffin Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Publication date 1990-10-01
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated
- Bookseller's Inventory # 11111118299
- ISBN 9780140345353 / 0140345353
- Weight 0.31 lbs (0.14 kg)
- Dimensions 7.76 x 5.03 x 0.47 in (19.71 x 12.78 x 1.19 cm)
- Age range 10 to UP years
- Grade levels 5 - UP
- Reading level 730
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1940's
- Cultural Region: Eastern Europe
- Ethnic Orientation: Jewish
- Holiday: Passover
- Religious Orientation: Jewish
- Topical: Holocaust
- Category Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Library of Congress subjects Concentration camps, Time travel
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 90033007
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Summary
This critically acclaimed novel by award-winning author Jane Yolen is now available in a beautifully designed new edition. 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, where she becomes caught up in the tragedy of the time.
"Readers will come away with a sense of tragic history that both disturbs and compels." —Booklist
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- Publishers Weekly, 10/26/1990, Page 0
