1. The Devil’s Arithmetic
By: Jane yolen

2. Story Map Legend Home Setting Characters Character study Problem
Resolution
Plot

3. Setting New Rochelle New York in the present
Spring of 1942 in Polish Villages and a concentration camp

4. Characters Present Hannah- Is Jewish and has braces and brown and eyes
Past
Chaya’s- Parents died of a sickness
Shmuel- is getting married to Fagye, is a big gentle man
Gitl known as “the bear,”- is not married and is Shmuel’s sister
Fagye- is getting married to Shmuel

5. Character Study Hannah doesn’t care about Passover
Hannah hates remembering things
Hannah doesn’t care for people but herself in the beginning
Chaya tries to survive the holocaust
Chaya cares for other people
Chaya saved Rivika by sacrificing her life

6. Problem
Hannah goes back in time and experiences the life of the Jews during the holocaust and she tries to go back to the present but can’t.

7. Plot
Hannah is tired of remembering about the Passover but when she opens the door for Elijah she goes back to the past. When she went to the Concentration camps they cut her hair off and she forgot her memory.

8. Resolution
Hannah cares about what happened to her in the past because she knows the hard times that her Aunt Eva faced.

9. Bibliography
Yolen, Jane. The Devil’s Arithmetic. New York: Puffin Books, 1988.