The Devil's ArithmeticPenguin, 01.10.1990 - 176 Seiten "A triumphantly moving book." —Kirkus Reviews, starred review 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. 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. A critically acclaimed novel from multi-award-winning author Jane Yolen.
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... Grandpa Will and Grandma Belle are expecting the entire family, and that means you, too. You have to remember how much family means to them. Grandma lost both her parents to the Nazis before she and her brother managed to escape. And ...
... Grandpa Will and Grandma Belle are expecting the entire family, and that means you, too. You have to remember how much family means to them. Grandma lost both her parents to the Nazis before she and her brother managed to escape. And ...
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... Grandpa Will. He was sitting in the big overstuffed chair in front of the TV set, waving his fist and screaming at the screen. Across the screen marched old photos of Nazi concentration camp victims, corpses stacked like cordwood, and ...
... Grandpa Will. He was sitting in the big overstuffed chair in front of the TV set, waving his fist and screaming at the screen. Across the screen marched old photos of Nazi concentration camp victims, corpses stacked like cordwood, and ...
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... Grandpa Dan doesn't shout at the TV or talk about the war like that.” “Grandpa Dan wasn't in the camps, thank God. He was born in America, just like you. That's because my family came over to this country in the early 1900s, second ...
... Grandpa Dan doesn't shout at the TV or talk about the war like that.” “Grandpa Dan wasn't in the camps, thank God. He was born in America, just like you. That's because my family came over to this country in the early 1900s, second ...
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... Grandpa Dan's for the next Seder. At least there would be three cousins her own age, all boys, but that couldn't be helped. And they'd get to sit at the kitchen table away from the grownups. And Grandpa Will wouldn't be there shouting ...
... Grandpa Dan's for the next Seder. At least there would be three cousins her own age, all boys, but that couldn't be helped. And they'd get to sit at the kitchen table away from the grownups. And Grandpa Will wouldn't be there shouting ...
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... Grandpa Will had begun. It was the same kind of argument he used for everything. He never had to finish the sentence, for no one could withstand the promise of guilt. “All right, Poppy.” Grandpa Will had smiled, turning to Eva. “See ...
... Grandpa Will had begun. It was the same kind of argument he used for everything. He never had to finish the sentence, for no one could withstand the promise of guilt. “All right, Poppy.” Grandpa Will had smiled, turning to Eva. “See ...
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Aaron afikoman answer ARBEIT MACHT FREI Aunt Eva baby badchan barracks began blokova blue boxcar breath called camp Chaya cheeks child clothes couldn’t cried dark Dayenu dead didn’t door dream dress Esther eyes face father Fayge Fayge’s fingers girls Gitl whispered Gitl’s God’s gone Grandpa hair Hannah asked Hannah felt Hannah looked Hannah thought Hannah whispered head heard Hush Ida Vos Jews klezmer knew laughed Lilith’s loud Lublin married memory midden mikvah monsters mother mouth night ovens Passover Pilpul rabbi Rachel Reb Boruch remember Reuven Rivka Schnell scream Seder Shabbos goy she’d shelf Shema Yisrael Shmuel shoes shook shouted shtetl sigh silent singing sleep slowly smell smiled soldiers someone stared stood stopped story strange suddenly talk tell things took truck turned Tzipporah villagers Viosk voice wagon wedding woman women words Yente Yentl Yiddish Yitzchak zugangi