The Devils Arithmetic - Jane Yolen
Category: Historical Fiction
Tags: Historical Fiction, Literature, Teen & Young Adult
**Please continue to seed after downloading so that others may also enjoy this audiobook**, Publisher: Recorded Books, p1996, c1988. Age 12 & up Duration: 4 hours 51 minutes, Booklist Review Taking a risk, Yolen blends elements of fantasy and adventure with intense images of concentration camps, manipulating them into an unusual coming-of-age story. Bored by the lengthy Passover service and impatient, cranky, and slightly tipsy from her first taste of ceremonial wine, 12-year-old Hannah opens the door to the prophet Elijah as tradition dictates, expecting to see only an empty hall and the apartment across the way. Rather, she is swept into the past, back to 1942, where she becomes instead of selfish, petulant Hannah from modern day New York Chaya Abramowicz from Poland, soon to depart on a journey toward extermination. An interweaving of detail and recurring imagery mark Hannahs passage from the 1980s to a tiny Polish village, to a crowded boxcar, to an unnamed camp. The scenario is br
