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Book Review of The Devil's Arithmetic

The Devil's Arithmetic
The Devil's Arithmetic
Author: Jane Yolen
Genre: Children's Books
Book Type: Paperback
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A compelling fiction of the holocaust

She didn't want to attend the family Passover dinner, she was tired of hearing stories about the Holocaust. But of course she had to go.

During the Passover Seder, she opens a door to symbolically welcome the prophet Elijah, she is swept back in time to 1942, to a Polish village where everyone call her Chaya. Then something terrible happens. Nazi soldiers come to the take the villagers away.. and she knows what lies ahead. Scholastic book for ages 9-12.