The devil's arithmetic
Title:
The devil's arithmetic
JLCTITLE245:
Jane Yolen.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Viking Kestrel, 1988.
Physical Description:
170 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:
9780670810277
9780833543356
9780140345353
9781435247895
Abstract:
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. 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.
Reading Level:
730 L Lexile
7-9 Baker & Taylor
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader Grades 5-8 4.6 6 Quiz 6998 English fiction, vocabulary quiz available, literary skills quiz available.
Subject Term:
Contents:
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.