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All parent reviews for The Devil's Arithmetic
Average rating based on 15 parent reviews:
- 33% say it's educational
- 27% say violence is an issue
- 27% say there are positive messages
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Older Children Classic
Great story for older children to help children understand what other's can do.
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Multifaceted learning opportunity for older kids
My 5th grader is reading this book in school, so I decided to read along. I found it to be a riveting, deeply moving story on many levels. At the most obvious level, it allows the reader to identify with the horrors of the holocaust from a relatable individual's perspective, and, as a result, to wrestle with humanity's capacity for such inhumane behavior. However, the book also offers a useful platform for learning about writing and story-telling. Yolen elegantly weaves important cultural themes like the value of story-telling and the responsibility of remembering into many layers of the narrative. She also effectively captures typical adolescent ingratitude and self-centeredness in Hannah's character, just to transform those qualities through her virtual experience as Chaya. Overall, the book serves as a wonderful teaching tool for history, morality, cultural resilience and personal growth.
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sad but very good.
this is VERY SAD AND A VERY DETAILED BOOK ABOUT THE HOLOCOAST. and YES KIDS ARE MURDERED.
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I love this book!!
This book is the best book i have ever read. I read it and i almost cried and I hate the way Hitler and and the Nazis treated the Jews. But this book rocked.
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FIne for ages 10+. This is because they need some backround knowledge on WW2 and some other things.
It was ok. It didn't amaze me but I cant say i didn't like it.
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i think this is good because it teaches you alot about the past and how people left at the time
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AMAZING BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
aMAZING BOOK NOT FOR AGES 9+ MABEY 10 IF mature!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i love i when she goes back in time to world war 2 and then she meets ......wait you will have to read it to find out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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a great book to share with grandchildren.
I think that this is a wonderful book for 8th-10th grades. It is a good introduction to the Holocaust and can be part of an intense study of that period. I read this for an adult book group with my grandchildren in mind. Certqainly this book can be read by both adults and teens as a jumping off place to discuss many themes of history and current events.
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Page Turner for the High Achieving
I taught this book to my GATE level group near the end of their school year. It is a fantastic book! There is a lot left to your imagination in regards to how Jewish prisoners were treated. The author was not graphic in detail at all.
As a person who knew the basics of the Holocaust, I found this book to be very educational and riveting. I was on the edge of my seat for this book. I think it is an appropriate example for 10+ to read, especially if the 10 year olds are mature and responsible as most GATE leveled children are.
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I remember this book...
This is a good sixth grade and up book (sixth grade being the grade I was in when I read it about three years ago). Maybe 11 and up, but I doubt many kids younger than that will be as interested in this book, which, by the way is good for a middle school read, and is till pretty good now. If you are interested in the Holocaust, I suggest this, "Night" and watching Schindler's List" (which is not reviewed on this site, but would get a 17 and up).
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