The Devil's Arithmetic
by Jane Yolen
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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.
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Fiction, Concentration camps, Jews, Time travel, History, Juvenile fiction, Young adult fiction, National Jewish Book Award, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Historical / General, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), Children's fiction, Jews, fiction, Concentration camps, fiction, Poland, fiction, Time travel, fiction, Holocaust, jewish (1939-1945), fiction, New York Times reviewedPlaces
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The Devil's Arithmetic (Puffin Modern Classics)
April 12, 2004, Puffin
in English
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The devil's arithmetic
1988, Scholastic
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Hannah thinks tonight's Passover Seder will be the same as always. Little does she know that this year she will be mysteriously transported into the past where only she knows the horrors that await.
Hannah resents the traditions of her Jewish heritage until time travel places her in the middle of a small Jewish village in Nazi-occupied Poland.
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.
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