Upon the Head of the Goat: A Childhood in Hungary, 1939–1944

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Synopsis
The classic true story of one child's experiences during the holocaust.Nine-year-old Piri describes the bewilderment of being a Jewish child during the 1939-1944 German occupation of her hometown (then in Hungary and now in the Ukraine) and relates the ordeal of trying to survive in the ghetto. Upon the Head of the Goat is the winner of the 1982 Boston Globe - Horn Book Award for Nonfiction and a 1982 Newbery Honor Book.“This is a book that should be read by all those interested in the Holocaust and what it did to young and old.” —Isaac Bashevis Singer
Copyright:
1981

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
224 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781466832589
Related ISBNs:
9780374380595
Publisher:
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Aranka Siegal.
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
History, Children's Books, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Religion and Spirituality
Grade Levels:
Fifth grade, Sixth grade, Seventh grade, Eighth grade, Ninth grade
Reading Age:
10–14
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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