Upon the Head of the Goat
by Aranka Siegal
"A Childhood in Hungary 1939-1944"
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Upon the Head of the Goat Book Details
War:
World War II
Perspective:
Civilian
True Story:
Yes
Biography:
No
Region:
Europe
Page Count:
224
Published Date:
2003
ISBN13:
9780374480790
Upon the Head of the Goat Book Description
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