The Devil's Arithmetic (puffin Modern Classics)
Penguin Young Readers Group · Print & ebook · April 12, 2004
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- Who it’s for
- A holiday gathering opens into a layered, unsettling encounter with history and memory.
- Themes
- Family memories, Jewish holiday traditions, Confronting the past
- Genres
- Holocaust Stories, Time Travel Fiction, Jewish Religious Stories
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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.
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Winner of the National Jewish Book Award "A triumphantly moving book." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review
Past Comes Close
A holiday gathering opens into a layered, unsettling encounter with history and memory.
Come here for
- A young reader’s impatience with family stories turned into a startling experience
- A Jewish holiday setting where the past refuses to stay distant
Expect
- An accessible story facing unspeakable horrors
- A 30th-anniversary edition with a new introduction from the author
Where it sits
| Holocaust Stories | 96% |
|---|---|
| Time Travel Fiction | 65% |
| Jewish Religious Stories | 60% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Holocaust Stories
- Jewish Religious Stories
- Time Travel Fiction
- Authors
- Jane Yolen
- Publisher
- Penguin Young Readers Group
- Published
- April 12, 2004
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Family memories · Jewish holiday traditions · Confronting the past
- Reading lane
- Holocaust Stories