The Devil's Arithmetic

Everything About Fiction You Never Wanted to Know.

"You are a name, not a number. Never forget that name, whatever they tell you here. You will always be Chaya -- life -- to me."

The Devil's Arithmetic is a 1988 Historical Fiction novel by Jane Yolen about a teenaged Jewish girl named Hannah, who is transported through time to a 1942 Polish concentration camp. Hannah goes from being disrespectful of Jewish beliefs to realizing the importance of remembering after seeing the horrors of the time.

It was made into an Anvilicious movie starring Kirsten Dunst in 1999.


Tropes used in The Devil's Arithmetic include: