Upon the Head of the Goat: A Childhood in Hungary 1939-1944 (Newbery Honor Book) by Siegal, Aranka (9780374480790)

Upon the Head of the Goat: A Childhood in Hungary 1939-1944 (Newbery Honor Book)

by Siegal, Aranka

Paperback - English

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

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ADDITIONAL INFO

ISBN

0374480796

EAN

9780374480790

Publisher

SUNBURST BOOKS

Publication Date

24 Mar 2003

Pages

224

Age Group

10 to 14

Grades

05 to 09

Weight (kg)

0.19

Dimensions (cm)

19.5 x 13.2 x 1.4

Lexile Level

830

Award(s)

Newbery Medal - Honor Book

About Author

ARANKA SIEGAL was born in Beregszasz, Hungary. She is the author of the Newbery Honor Book "Upon the Head of the Goat" and its sequel, "Grace in the Wilderness," an NCSS-CBC Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies. She lives in Williams Island, Florida. <BR>