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The '''Devil's Arithmetic''' is a ] written by ] in ]. It tells the story of a ] girl, Hannah. She is tired of remembering the horrors of the Holocaust and Passover. She is living in present time in the ] who at her family's ] Seder is transferred to ] during the height of the ] occupation in ] where she becomes Chaya. It received the ]. It was made into a ] ] starring ] and ] in ]. The '''Devil's Arithmetic''' is a ] written by ] in ]. It tells the story of a ] girl, Hannah.


==Plot introduction==
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She is tired of remembering the horrors of the Holocaust and Passover. She is living in present time in the ] who at her family's ] Seder is transferred to ] during the height of the ] occupation in ] where she becomes Chaya.


==Characters in "The Devil's Arithmetic"==
⚫ ==Main characters==
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*''Rivka'' (Chaya's friend from the ], changes name to ''Eva'' when she comes to the ] after the war) *''Rivka'' (Chaya's friend from the ], changes name to ''Eva'' when she comes to the ] after the war)


⚫ ==Main themes==
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==Awards and nominations==
It received the ].

==Film, TV or theatrical adaptations==
It was made into a ] ] starring ] and ] in ].


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The Devil's Arithmetic is a novel written by Jane Yolen in 1988. It tells the story of a Jewish girl, Hannah.

Plot introduction

She is tired of remembering the horrors of the Holocaust and Passover. She is living in present time in the United States who at her family's Passover Seder is transferred to Poland during the height of the Nazi occupation in 1942 where she becomes Chaya.

Characters in "The Devil's Arithmetic"

Present

  • Hannah Stern
  • Aaron Stern (Hannah's brother) (Ron-Ron)
  • Aunt Eva (Hannah's great-aunt, known as Rivka when she was a child in Poland)She is

1942, Poland

  • Chaya Abramowicz
  • Gitl Abramowicz (Chaya's aunt)
  • Shmuel Abramowicz (Chaya's Uncle, Gitl's brother)
  • Fayge (Shmuel's fiancee)
  • Rivka (Chaya's friend from the concentration camp, changes name to Eva when she comes to the United States after the war)

Main themes

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Awards and nominations

It received the National Jewish Book Award.

Film, TV or theatrical adaptations

It was made into a TV movie starring Kirsten Dunst and Brittany Murphy in 1999.

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