The Devil's Arithmetic (Puffin Modern Classics)
30th Anniversary edition with a new introduction from the author
Hannah is tired of holiday gatherings−all her family ever talks about is the past. In fact, it seems to her that's what they do every Jewish holiday. But this year's Passover Seder will be different−Hannah will be mysteriously transported into the past . . . and only she knows the unspeakable horrors that await.
Winner of the National Jewish Book Award
"A triumphantly moving book." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review
Hannah is tired of holiday gatherings−all her family ever talks about is the past. In fact, it seems to her that's what they do every Jewish holiday. But this year's Passover Seder will be different−Hannah will be mysteriously transported into the past . . . and only she knows the unspeakable horrors that await.
Winner of the National Jewish Book Award
"A triumphantly moving book." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review
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I read The Devil's Arithmetic with my two daughters, ages 14 and 11 1/2. It was a little hard for the younger one to grasp, but my 14 year old was moved by the subject, especially after having just read The Diary of Anne Frank. Jane Yolen did a superb job of leading the younger reader down the difficult and troubling path of The Holocaust.
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