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The Devil's Arithmetic
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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.
Not Just another Holocaust Story
Date: 2008-11-09 Rating: 10 out of 10
This is not just "another book on the Holocaust." A few years ago I had seen the movie "The Devil's Arithmetic," while I watched in incredulity and horror as the events unfolded. Now, as a high school teacher who studies Holocaust history and remembrance, it was time to read the book by Jane Yolen from which the movie was made.
Modern day Hannah Stern is once again bored to tears at the Passover seder, where her older relatives and grandparents reminisce about the times of the persecutions of the Jews, and the horrors of the camps during WWII. Suddenly Hannah is transported back in time to the shtetl (Jewish enclave)in Poland where these same relatives came from. Somehow she has become Chaya Abramowicz, is speaking yiddish,is the orphaned niece of the family, and is fully involved in that alternate reality. With some vague memories of the future and what is to come, we accompany Chaya as she is transported via cattlecar to a camp (which closely resembles Auschwicz)where life is lived one day at a time, one hour at a time, and finally one minute at a time (if you are alive for that day, that hour, that minute, you are still alive and there is hope for survival).
This moving novel is fast-paced and thought-provoking. For young readers and adults alike, it is a story of hope, survival, and remembrance. We must never forget the past, and it must never be allowed to happen again!
BewertungenExcellent book.Datum 2008-09-22 Rang: 10 von 10I have been trying for YEARS to remember the name of this book, and have failed only because I could only remember the plot and the book cover, but not the title.
I read this book in the fifth grade. It was sitting on my teacher's bookshelf collecting dust, but the picture on the front of the ghostly girl and her bald counterpart haunted me. I asked to borrow it. I read it in two days (I was ten at the time) and the story has stuck with me for nearly ten years. I'm so relieved and excited to find this book and will definitely be adding it to my collection ASAP.
This should definitely be required reading for all age groups. It has such a powerful message.Great book goes well with the DVD movie,Datum 2008-08-11 Rang: 10 von 10The Devil's Arithmetic (Puffin Modern Classics)
The book is very easy to read, goes pretty well with the DVD movie. I used this book The Devil's Arithmetic, DVD movie, and the downloaded study guide in my English high school and middle school classes in my World War II Holocaust unit with: Night by Elie Wiesel, and Raoul Wallenberg: The Man Who Stopped Death Excellent resource for students to get a personal connection to World War II via the main character Hanna who is an high school teen ager who travels back to Poland and experiences the death camp. Excellent book!!!!Datum 2008-07-13 Rang: 10 von 10This book gives the reader a very brief view of history and how the evils of this world has a domino effect on us all. It also reminds us that we [humans] can survive in the worst of times with the help of family and friends. It is well written and gives you a good mental image of what you are reading.If It's Not Required Reading, It Should Be ... Datum 2008-06-16 Rang: 10 von 10The Devil's Arithmetic is a remarkable book about a horrid event in our history. For naysayers, it provides a mountain of evidence that must be heralded. For the rest of us, it is a reminder that we must in fact remember the atrocities of the Holocaust so that they are not repeated.
Yolen weaves together the tales of Hannah/Chaya in this historically fictional book. Hannah, a modern-day teenager, is 'tired of remembering'. Her family's rituals at Passover bore her and like any typical teen, would rather hang out with friends. That is, until she is chosen during the ritual, to open the door to Elijah the Prophet. When she does, she steps back in time and morphs into Chaya, a young girl who eventually is sent to one of the dreaded concentration camps. While Hannah/Chaya stuggles with the reconciliation of what she knows from the future and what she is living in 1942, the horrors of the Holocaust and Hitler's Final Solution surround her.
If this is not required reading at your school, it most certainly should be. I know I will be recommending it to my students when we return to school in August.
Produkt InformationAutor:
Jane Yolen
Recording label: Viking Juvenile Hersteller: Viking JuvenileEAN: 9780670810277Format: HardcoverISBN: 0670810274Artikelzahl: 1Seitenzahl: 176Erscheinungsdatum: 1988-10-01Level: Young AdultSprache: English (Unknown)
Sprache: English (Original Language)
Sprache: English (Published)
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