Author: Jane Yolen

The Devil’s Arithmetic by Jane Yolen

The Devil’s Arithmetic by Jane Yolen

Posted January 3, 2017 by Whitney in Review / 0 Comments

I first read The Devil’s Arithmetic in sixth grade. I remember being amazed not only by the subject matter but also by the way Jane Yolen laid out impending events. Even at eleven years old I was astounded by the atrocities that occur in the book and left an impression on me. Twenty years later […]

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Review: Snow in Summer

Review: Snow in Summer

Posted March 29, 2013 by Whitney in Review / 0 Comments

Snow in Summer, (which is actually the poor girl’s name) begins with the burial site of her mother and stillborn brother.  Her father is distraught, and any happiness Snow may have had is over with her widowed father going into a five year depression.  Every evening, Daddy goes to his wife’s grave site and one […]

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