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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

Hannah 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.

Plot summary

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Characters in "The Devil's Arithmetic"

Present

• Hannah Stern – the main protagonist
• Aaron Stern – (Hannah's brother) (Ron-Ron)
• Aunt Eva – (Hannah's great-aunt, known as Rivka when she was a child in Poland)
• Grandpa Will – (Hannah's Grandfather was know as Wolfe when he was a child in Poland), he is Aunt Eva's Brother.

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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