The Devil's Arithmetic

ByJane Yolen

Release Date: 1988-10-01
Genre: Historical Fiction for Kids

Score: 4.5

4.5

From 212 Ratings

Description

"A triumphantly moving book." —Kirkus Reviews, starred review

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
Winner of the National Jewish Book Award
An American Bookseller "Pick of the Lists"

Reviews

Really good!!!
5
By Gretchen Hoertsch
I read this in school and it was awesome!!!
Best comedy book ever!
5
By Reminini
This book was a great comedy! I especially enjoyed the ending! So funny! Keep up the good work! Whoever made the book should be a comedian!
10 out of 10
5
By How good it is for pictures
read the book for school and have been looking for it in libraries finally found it on here and probably going to buy it. im never interested in anything about history but i looked forward to reading this book at school every day.
#HowIsThisPossible
5
By AssassinMcole
This is the ONLY book I actually enjoyed reading for school. And this is coming for a football kid. Not a book nerd.And I WAS NOT bored in any part. (Expect the first three chapters).
I wish people made more books like this. The only bad thing was it’s slight depression and that it could of had a five star ending when it was only 4 star ending 😂.
Thx for reading. ✌🏼
Ehhhhhh
1
By romance reader :)
We r reading this book at school so I have no choice... I’m not looking forward to it 😒

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Holocaust
4
By #️⃣@goodvibs✌🏻
If your in to history then you’ll really like this book but if you don’t I think you’ll still like the book, it’s really good and you’ll find that back then for the Jews it was difficult for them because of the Nazi ,well that’s all I’ll say so I don’t give it away.
LOVE THIS BOOK!
5
By Sportygirlgrace
I am a true book nerd, and this book was awesome. I was glued!
Eh
2
By grammerpolice10
There was a part in there that said “the holocaust wasn’t that bad”like what?
Gold
5
By Stop 2.0
Amazing book👍🏻👍🏻😃😃
Pretty good
4
By Jazkinz🌮
It is a pretty good book. We read the book in school and now we are doing projects on it. I want to get the book but I don't have money.🙁