The Devil's Arithmetic
by Jane Yolen
Taste attributes: teenhistoricalfantasydramaunsavouryheavyimaginarylinearemotive & stirringhuman spirit/resilience/survivalinjustice/tragedy/vengeancecoming of age
Boxlist takeA moving, heightened book, heavy rather than light. Best if you like stories that hit hard.
Taste details
Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: very stirringHow we score
Open Library rating
3.8 / 5
6 ratings
About This Book
Hannah thinks tonight's Passover Seder will be the same as always. Little does she know that this year she will be mysteriously transported into the past where only she knows the horrors that await.
Description: Open Library
Characteristics
Where this book sits on each taste spectrum
Genres and themes
Subjects
Details
- Author
- Jane Yolen
- Published
- 1988
- Pages
- 170
- Taste scores
- How we score
- Source
- Open Library
How book matches work
Books are scored on the same ten characteristics as films and matched with the same formula and your own match bands. Book scores are estimates, made from Open Library subjects and descriptions plus an AI reading.
More books
Browse popular fiction and narrative non-fiction, with a match for your taste.
Browse Books