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by Jane Yolen (Author) "'I'M TIRED OF REMEMBERING,' Hannah said to her mother as she climbed into the car ..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 176 pages
  • Publisher: Barn Owl Books; New edition edition (1 May 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1903015103
  • ISBN-13: 978-1903015100
  • Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 13 x 1.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (51 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 357,645 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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When Hannah finds herself catapulted from modern New York to Poland in 1942, she realises that as a Jew she and her family and friends are in terrible danger. However, no one will believe Hannah when she warns of the horrors to come and history takes its course. A tale of courage, love and friendship that makes for a sobering and heart warming read.


About the Author

Jane Yolen is one of America's most popular and prolific authors, writing everything from picture books to adult fiction. Jane was born in New York but now lives with her professor husband in a large white wooden house outside Northampton, Mass, where she had three children, now all grown up and obliging with a growing band of grandchildren. Every year Jane and her husband spend several months in St. Andrew's, Scotland. Jane has won every major prize in Children's Books in the U.S. and has been described as 'the American Hans Andersen'.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Powerful, thought provoking, and quite simply wonderful, 23 Aug 2001
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Amazing! I finished reading this book half an hour ago and I'm still shaking. It is moving, skillfully written, and one of the most powerful pieces I have read in a long while.

The hollocust is a difficult subject for any book to cover, let alone one written for children. This novel may well be too distrubing for many of its target audience but for those who have the stomach for it, I heartedly recommend this book.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Well worth £..., 20 Sep 1999
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This book was excellent. It grasped me from the beginning and I couldn't stop reading, I loved it. Hannah hates Passover, and when she gives all her wine, which she hates, into the glass for Elijah, her grandfather lets her (as a reward for her selflessness) open the door for Elijah. Only when she does, instead of other apartment doors there is a kitchen that is obviouly way out of date.... Hannah is caught in the Polish Jewish communtity just before they are taken off to concentration camps. And when the Nazis arrive, only Hannah knows their true business....

Compelling, great story. After showing it to my English teacher we are now reading it in class. Comes highly recommended!

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars GGGREAT!, 25 May 1999
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The devils arithmetic by Jane Yolen starts out when 12 year old Hannah has to go to a Passover Seder with her grandparents. She hates that sort of thing and dreads it each year. She once had to read Hebrew and now it is her brother's turn to do the same. Her relatives will always tell the same stories over and over again. But this Seder is different. When Hannah opens the front door to symbolically welcome the prophet Elijah, she is transported back in time. She is convinced that it is just a dream untill she finds out that she is really transported to a Polish village in 1942. She becomes two people at once. She takes the place of a girl named Chaya who used to live in a city called Lublin. Her parents had just died and she just came to live with her ______. She knows the language that the real Chaya speaks and also some of the things that Chaya previously new. But she still has an even stronger remembrance of her previous life in the present time. However, over time, she begens to forget the things from the present and remember more things from Chaya's past.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Courtesy of Teens Read Too
THE DEVIL'S ARITHMETIC by Jane Yolen is required reading at my school, as it is in many middle/junior high schools across the country. Read more
Published 19 months ago by TeensReadToo

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent book for children and adults alike
My mother brought this book back from the States initially for my nine year old daughter. She read it on the plane coming home, and both myself and my eleven year old son have... Read more
Published on 28 Jul 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars EVERYONE SHOULD READ THIS BOOK!
I am a 34 year old woman who read this book on the recommendation of my 12 year old niece. It was such an amazing book that came to life as I read. Read more
Published on 5 Jul 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Spooky, thrilling, and keeps readers alert and informed!!!!!
The book is one of the best I have ever read. I loved it because it tells about history in a way in which you don't even know it's telling you until you're done with it. Read more
Published on 23 Jun 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Exciting, sad, moving, wondreful historical fiction.
The way Jane tells about the consetration camps and the Holocost is so moving. I am normaly not a big reader but with this book I found my self not able to put the book down... Read more
Published on 11 Jun 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars THIS IS THE BEST BOOK I HAVE EVER READ!!!
This book is so good! It is about a girl who dreads the thought of going to her family sedar. All her relatives do is talk about their rememberance in the Nazi death camps... Read more
Published on 5 Jun 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars I loved the detail and decresptiveness of the novel.
This children's book abput the Holocaust is one of the best. I makes you realize how truly horifing this time period was. Read more
Published on 23 April 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars It was a real tear jerker and a graphic book.
If you like books about WW2, you will love this book. I recommend this book to everyone!
Published on 19 April 1999

4.0 out of 5 stars It talks about holocaust
It is a story about the young girl who overcame horrible holocaust during World War2. Actually it took a long time to finish this book, also it was really hard to understand. Read more
Published on 19 April 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars The Theme of this book made it a great reading
The theme of this book made it a great reading choice.One of the most meaningful things that I learned was the meaning of survival. Read more
Published on 16 April 1999

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