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Revision as of 13:02, 27 March 2006 by Kevinalewis (talk | contribs) (restructure to Novels WikiProject standard)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)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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