The book, Devil’s Arithmetic, by Jane Yolen was about the Holocaust. The type of book is historical fiction. The main character is Hannah. Her name is Chaya when she travels back in time, but her original name was Hannah. She is about 13 years old and is average height and weight fir her age. During a normal Seder, Hannah goes to open the door and is all of a sudden taken back into a strange …showed first 75 words of 732 total…

…showed last 75 words of 732 total…ceremonial dinner celebrated by Jews at Passover, in commemoration of the Exodus. An ascetic is a person who practices extreme self-denial. The definition of a midden is a dunghill or a refuse heap. I liked this book. It told me a lot about how the death camps were ran and how badly the Jews were treated. Anyone that does not know about the Holocaust would enjoy this book because it tells so much about it.