The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen
	List Price:   $6.99 Unit Price:   $5.59 You Save:   $1.40 (20%) ISBN-10:   0140345353 ISBN-13:   9780140345353 Publisher:   Penguin Group (USA) Inc Category:   Young Adults Pub. Date:   October 1990 Pages:   176 Format:   Paperback Ages:   10 to 14 Grades:   5 to 9
Awards
1988  Nebula Awards (USA)  Nominee/Honoree  1997  Maud Hart Lovelace Award (USA)  Winner!  1988  Sydney Taylor Book Award (USA)  Winner!
Subjects
CHILDREN'S FICTION JEWS_FICTION CONCENTRATION CAMPS_FICTION POLAND_FICTION TIME TRAVEL_FICTION HOLOCAUST, JEWISH (1939-1945)_FICTION
Description/Notes
Answering those who question why the Holocaust should be remembered in this time-warp story that transports a young girl back to Poland in the 1940s. Twelve-year-old Hannah, bored by the stories of her Holocaust-survior relatives, suddenly finds herself in Poland during World War II, within the body of Chaya, a Jewish girl on her way to a death camp. Recommended. CHILDREN'S BOOKS/YOUNG ADULT This time-warp story transports a young Jewish girl back to Poland in the 1940s, conveying the horrors of the Holocaust. 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. 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. 'Readers will come away with a sense of tragic history that both disturbs and compels.' -Booklist 'I know where they're taking us.' Hannah Dreads going to her family's Passover Seder. Her relatives always tell the same stories, and Hannah's tired of hearing them talk about the past. But when she opens the front door to symbolically welcome the prophet Elijah, she's transported to a Polish village-and 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. Hannah is tired of hearing about the Nazis during the Holocaust, but when she opens the door for Elijah at the Passover Seder, she is transported in time to 1940s Poland, where she is captured and put in a death camp. A girl named Rivka befriends her, teaching her how to fight the dehumanization of the camp and hold onto her identity.