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The Devil's Arithmetic
The Devil's Arithmetic | Jane Yolen
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Great middle greats fiction.
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mandarchy
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Looking at my TBR list, I decided to read Attack of the Black Rectangles. When I read the summary, it occurred to me to read this first. I was bummed to see that I'd be reading about the holocaust. I'm still traumatized by the last book I read a couple of years ago and took a break. It also occurred to me that I have only read one other book by Yolen, and now I can say that she's a genius. This book was amazing.

TheBookHippie One of my favorites - I‘ve read all her books. 11mo
mandarchy @TheBookHippie the other book I've read, is Sword of a Rightful king, and I loved it. I may have read Briar Rose too... but it was in 2005, so I'm not certain. I see her books all the time and need to open them! 11mo
TheBookHippie @mandarchy I am always so happy to see people reading her books. She really is fantastic to read! I love her older chapter books but her pictured books are so fun as well! 11mo
mandarchy @TheBookHippie I have read a lot of her picture books, I have just neglected her chapter books. Her dinosaur series illustrated by Teague is a staple in my library. I also have her Here There Be series and no one ever checks them out and they look beautiful. I should just read them. I don't know what I am waiting for. But based on circulation, I should weed them, but I CAN'T! They look so amazing. 11mo
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megnews
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As Hannah‘s family celebrates Passover, she finds herself traveling back in time and witnessing unspeakable horror.

vlwelser I loved this book when I read it as a kid (tween?). So haunting. 1y
sblbooks I've had this on my TBR a while, I will get to it eventually. The movie is excellent. 1y
megnews @sblbooks I didn‘t know it was a movie. I‘ll have to look for it. Thanks! 1y
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Episode 199 of my book podcast features a real subject matter expert… who also happens to be a listener! Dr. Samantha Vinokor-Meinrath is a Jewish educator and author and was the perfect person to join me for a conversation about the stunning, heartbreaking THE DEVIL‘S ARITHMETIC. I learned so much from Samantha and loved talking with her. Link to listen in my bio!

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Eggs
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Thanks for tagging me @TheSpineView 😘

I. Recently visited The Holocaust Museum in Houston and @SarahBradley gifted me this book💗
II. In fall, and at Christmas!
III. My Belinda‘s Dream roses, and the poppy fields❤️

#thoughtfulthursday @MoonWitch94

TheSpineView You're welcome! 2y
MoonWitch94 Ohhh what pretty blooms! Thanks for playing 🌷📚☺️ 2y
Nute Thanks for the tag!💕 2y
Klou Thanks for tagging me! I'll do mine soon. 2y
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hissingpotatoes
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“Live,“ he whispered. “For my Chaya. For all our Chayas. Live. And remember.“

#QuotsyOCT21 day 11: whisper

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jessinikkip
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Another #TBRRead that Crow and I enjoyed together. I loved this one and I think he really did too.

#MerryReaders #WinterGames #WinterGames2020 @Clwojick

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Loric
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Good historical novels can get the reader interested in certain time period, event or person, while curiosity and the desire to learn are fueled by many things, interest being one of them. The story‘s modern feel will make the story more real while the time travel aspect will help draw a young reader in. The number of Holocaust survivors is diminishing so stories like this become even more important to bear witness and keep the memory alive.

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😪 Jane Yolen ~ The Devil's Arithmetic

#quotsyNov19 @TK-421

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Shannyblake
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#ucflae3414f19 The Devils Arithmetic is a book that you cannot put down once you get into it. This book is about a young Jewish girl who experiences the holocaust and what her family endured through this devastating time period. I think this book best fits students in the 5th or 6th grade as it is more on the mature side.

Shannyblake I think this book best fits students in the 5th or 6th grade as it is more on the mature side. I would use this book as a way to open my classroom up to what the holocaust was and how it affected millions. This would be ideal for shared reading, as the class would share their thoughts and opinions of what we read.
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Shannyblake The lesson plan I would use for this book is https://www.cpalms.org/Public/PreviewResourceLesson/Preview/29360

The UDL Guidelines that match this book are Offer ways of customizing the display of information (1.1) and the ESOL Strategy I would use is 1. Teach questioning for clarification
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DrSpalding Nice job aligning universal design and English learner strategies. Good idea to use the Florida Department of education lesson plan resource site as your resource. 4y
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hissingpotatoes
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4.5/5⭐ Everything a book about the Holocaust should be: brutal and important. Appropriately, I finished this book about the necessity of remembering today on #YomHaShoah, #HolocaustRemembranceDay.

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hissingpotatoes
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“Live,” he whispered. “For my Chaya. For all our Chayas. Live. And remember.”

#YomHaShoah #HolocaustRemembranceDay

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Chrissyreadit
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I have met survivors from concentration camps, and my great grandparents were Orthodox Jews who immigrated in the early 1900‘s. So I am glad to share @Cinfhen ‘s link about Israel‘s National Holocaust Remembrance Day and a book that I always thought gave perspective. https://www.illuminatethepast.org/

Cinfhen I‘ve been meaning to read this book💔thanks for putting it back on my radar and thank you for sharing the link 🙏🏻 5y
LibrarianRyan @Cinfhen this was one of my favorites growing up. Made me a lifelong Yolan fan. 5y
Cinfhen Have either of you seen the controversial IG account that launched a few days ago @LibrarianRyan @Chrissyreadit it‘s called Eva.Stories It‘s based on an actual diary of a girl named Eva who was living in Hungry before & during the Nazi invasion. Told through IG stories it‘s a photo journal retelling of Eva‘s real experience. It‘s a powerful visual!! 5y
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Chrissyreadit @Cinfhen why is it. Controversial? @LibrarianRyan thanks for more info. I‘m going to look it up. 5y
Cinfhen Because some people feel using social media and making “Eva” a #hashtag is trivializing the Holocaust. That it marginalizes the true horror. I think it‘s a powerful teaching tool for this generation 🤷‍♀️ 5y
LibrarianRyan @Cinfhen I don't do instagram since it is owned by Facebook. But I had one for my library because you are correct, it is a great way to connect to the younger generation. Josh as an account, so I will take a peak when I get home. It sound interesting. 5y
Chrissyreadit @Cinfhen @LibrarianRyan I‘m watching it and am very impressed. And heartbroken. #neverforget 5y
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Melkyl
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Wow, this book really got to me. Books about the Holocaust are always so hard to read, but I found this one especially brutal. It was just such a good story, though. A modern-day Jewish girl is transported back in time to experience life during the time of the Holocaust. It gives her perspective on how her family members survived.

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erzascarletbookgasm
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An interesting time travel story and a great read. It also lets younger readers identify with the horrors of the Holocaust from a teenager‘s perspective. During Passover Seder, 13-yr-old Hannah, who doesn‘t care much about her family heritage, is transported back to Poland in 1941. There she experiences the life in a concentration camp, or ‘death factory‘ as is known, and learn of the struggles of her family and the Jewish people.
#remember

Cinfhen Oh, good choice! I‘ve previously stacked this book...sounds like a heavy read 5y
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ladybrightscales
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Whimsical.Curiosity
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A complete insight into a Jewish concentration camp through the eyes of a young girl. It opened my eyes and began my obsession with world war two literature. A phenomenal rendition with eye opening exerpts and heart wrenching retellings.

JenniferEgnor I‘m always recommending this book to everyone! 6y
Whimsical.Curiosity @JenniferEgnor me too!! It's an amazingly well written story. 6y
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Kmf1529
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This book left me speechless and changed how I viewed the holocaust. It is great for middle schoolers that are do not fully understand the suffering and utter devastation of the holocaust.

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James-Knirs
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A very touching, heartbreaking story.

Bklover Welcome to Litsy! 6y
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CrowCAH Welcome to the Litsy community!!! 6y
James-Knirs Thank you Iove it! 6y
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"Live, For my Chaya. For all our Chayas. Live And remember"

DebinHawaii Welcome to Litsy!! 🎉📚👍😀Hope you enjoy it here! 6y
James-Knirs I am enjoying it :) it is a wonderful App :) 6y
InLibrisVeritas Welcome to Litsy! 6y
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James-Knirs Thank you! I love it! 6y
Libby1 Welcome to Litsy, @James-Knirs ! ❤️📚❤️ 6y
Kaye Welcome ✨✨✨ 6y
James-Knirs Thank you 6y
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DominiqueL
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This HF novel is great for a LC, and IR I love this book. I recall first reading it in the 6th grade and it has always been a book that I constantly think about. It is about a girl, Hannah, who hates attending her family's Passover Seder. She does not appreciate or care about her culture and the past. During the Seder, she is transported back in time to WWII to experience the Holocaust in a concentration camp.

DominiqueL http://www.cpalms.org/Public/PreviewResourceLesson/Preview/29360 Cpalms provides a lesson on how and why the setting change in the book has an impact on the characters and the story.
UDL: 2.1 Clarify vocabulary and symbols, 3.1 Activate or supply background knowledge, 2.4 Promote understanding across languages
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DominiqueL ESOL: Use language experience techniques in discussing concepts and ideas, Assign short readings for homework, Focus on thinking skills; predict, categorize, classify, observe and report (oral-written pictorial), sequence, summarize
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MeganMc This book looks so informative! Definitely for the older grades it would be amazing for an IR for someone who wants to learn more about the holocaust! 6y
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Susancruz I definitely remember watching the movie, I don‘t think I ever read the book but I want to! It is very powerful and WWll and the holocaust are my favorite things to learn about! 6y
LaurenR This book seems so interesting. I find all books relating to the holocaust to be a very good race back in time. Can‘t wait to read this! 6y
juliek1 Wow, this sounds powerful. I'd love to check this out stacking! 6y
EricaG This sounds like a really interesting book! I remember doing a project on the holocaust in middle school and this sounds like it would‘ve been a great addition to the books we read. 6y
Samantha.K I have never heard of this book. I should read it because I have a fascination with learning about the Holocaust. This was always my favorite topic to learn about in school. 6y
SavannahP0930 I loved this book when I was in school! Makes me want to read it again 6y
JordanHull Wow, what a powerful book. This could be a great social studies teaching tool and will help students personalize the numbers and figures that are normally taught. Great post 👍🏻 6y
James-Knirs I remember readjng it in 8th grade, and going to Holocost Memorial center. I think abouy this book alot as well. 6y
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TeaAddictedBibliophile

Went to the Holocaust Museum last week and was inspired to read some World War II books. This one is the first up on my list

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ashlinisme
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I've probably read this book eight times throughout my life. It's still a #favorite after all these years. #war #maybookflowers

Cinfhen Haven't read this one yet. 7y
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BookishMarginalia
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On #HolocaustRemembranceDay, check out some good books to teach children about the horrors of the Holocaust and the vigilance we must still have to prevent history from repeating itself: http://www.scholastic.com/parents/resources/book-list/history-social-studies/boo...

Hollie I'd add the YA book Once to this list 7y
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BrielleR
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Well. This was probably one of the hardest books to read since I read The Kite Runner. This is historical fiction. A girl named Hannah gets transported back into time right before WWII. She is then Chaya, a Jewish farm girl who's got memories of being Hannah, & knows that Nazi's are dangerous & that they all shouldn't get on the trains... As the story progresses she slowly forgets who she used to be... check out: www.janeyolen.com #ucflae3414sp17

CaitlinPVeal This sounds super interesting! Do you think this would be good for a 6th grade classroom? I think it would be a great lit circle book if so! I also like that you put the authors website. 7y
BrielleR @CaitlinPVeal I think it is appropriate for 6th graders! I think it's a great book to use for literature circles! 7y
DrSpalding NOT elementary for sure. Possibly high school. Powerful story! 7y
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NAM99
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I had seen the movie as a kid but had never read the book, I thought it was time to change that. It is beautifully written and absolutely heart breaking. #roguebookbingo

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"Fiction cannot recite the numbing numbers, but it can be that witness, that memory. A storyteller can attempt to tell the human tale, can make a galaxy out of the chaos, can point to the fact that some people survived even as most people died. And can remind us that the swallows still sing around the smokestacks.” - Jane Yolen, The Devil's Arithmetic

#InternationalHolocaustRemembranceDay

cathysaid Wow....its been decades since I've seen the Corrie Ten Boom book!!! 7y
mrp27 Devils Arithmetic, another must read. Loved it. 7y
booksandsympathy The Hiding Place was given to me by my grandma when I was 10. It was the first book about The Holocaust that I ever read. It started a passion in me to learn more and read more about it. I still have the book. 7y
night_shift I just finished listening to The Book Thief.. so, so good! 7y
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corkymariee
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I love buying used books ☺️

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Mamabookworm
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I read this while my son was reading it for school so we could discuss it as he had questions. Tough subject matter but good themes of the resilience the human spirit and a strong reminder of the importance of remembrance so we never repeat history.

bookishkai Oh, I loved this book as a kid. Even then I was a sucker for time travel. 8y
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Eatingbooksforbreakfast
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This book was amazing, harrowing, heartbreaking. This is a Jewish fictional tale about a young girl, Hannah, transported back to 1942 and experiencing first hand the atrocities of war and the concentration camps. It was utterly compelling and heartbreaking in equal measure. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

shawnmooney It reminds me of Octavia Butler's 'Kindred,' about a 1970s African-American woman transported back to the days of slavery in the Deep South. 8y
Eatingbooksforbreakfast Ooh I've read that too....and loved it. Not read any other of Butler's books, so if you have any recommendations...? 8y
Adventuresbetweenpages I haven't read that book since I was a kid. I loved it. Time to revisit it 8y
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