Upon the Head of the Goat: A Childhood in Hungary 1939-1944 (Newbery Honor Book) (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780374480790)

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

Author: Aranka Siegal
ISBN-10: 0374480796
ISBN-13: 9780374480790
Publisher: Square Fish
Language: English
Published: 03/24/2003
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.43lbs
Size: 7.66h x 5.20w x 0.57d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.5
Point Value: 10
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 394 / Upon the Head of the Goat

Award: Newbery Medal - Honor Book