The devil's arithmetic
Book • 1988
Jane Yolen's 'The Devil's Arithmetic' is a historical fiction novel that transports Hannah Stern, a young Jewish girl, from her modern-day life to 1942 Poland.
Through a mysterious experience during a Passover Seder, Hannah finds herself in a Polish village and is soon captured by the Nazis and taken to a concentration camp.
Renamed Chaya, she experiences the horrors of the Holocaust firsthand, witnessing the brutality and dehumanization inflicted upon the Jewish people.
The novel explores themes of memory, identity, and the importance of remembering the past, offering a poignant and accessible narrative for young readers.
Chaya's journey becomes a powerful testament to the resilience of the human spirit and the need to bear witness to history.
Through a mysterious experience during a Passover Seder, Hannah finds herself in a Polish village and is soon captured by the Nazis and taken to a concentration camp.
Renamed Chaya, she experiences the horrors of the Holocaust firsthand, witnessing the brutality and dehumanization inflicted upon the Jewish people.
The novel explores themes of memory, identity, and the importance of remembering the past, offering a poignant and accessible narrative for young readers.
Chaya's journey becomes a powerful testament to the resilience of the human spirit and the need to bear witness to history.
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Mentioned by Melissa, a listener who read it while waiting in line at Auschwitz and Birkenau.
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