SOLVED. Holocaust story: girl goes back in time (sort of) [s]

[Clare K. R.]

I'm pretty sure I read this book in elementary school, so it would have to have been published at least 15 years ago. I'm actually looking for this book for my sister so I may not be able to answer questions about details! (We both read it but I only think it sounds vaguely familiar.)

The protagonist of the story is a modern-day Jewish girl. She goes back in time to the Holocaust where her grandmother is in a concentration camp--except that when she's back in time, she's not herself, but some other girl in the concentration camp. (Not sure if it's someone who would have existed without the time travel.)

At the end the girl (view spoiler)[saves her grandmother's life by using her head scarf somehow to hide her identity and substitutes herself for her grandmother, who is supposed to be killed. So she's sort of saving her own life because if her grandmother was killed in the Holocaust, she would never have been born. (hide spoiler)]

Thanks for any help you can give!

[Dawn]

pretty sure this is The Devil's Arithmetic

[K.]

I agree, Dawn, it's definitely The Devil's Arithmetic, but I believe she saves her aunt's life, not her grandmother's.

[Lisa]

Definitely. Great book!

[Nadine]

Oh was there a movie too? I saw a movie like that and have been looking for it for years as I don't remember the title.

[Dawn]

yes, there was, and it starred kirsten dunst ;)

[Nadine]

Dawn wrote: "yes, there was, and it starred kirsten dunst ;)"

It did? I am surprised because I liked the movie but don't like her much. Maybe she was too convincing in Interview with the vampire. ;-) I still see her cold face and the bodies she hid under her dolls when I look at her now.

PS: Ordered the book today, thanks for aiming my attention to it. :-)

[Clare K. R.]

Awesome, thank you! I'll send the title to my sister and mark this thread as solved as soon as it's confirmed.

[Lisa]

Clare-Dragonfly wrote: "Awesome, thank you! I'll send the title to my sister and mark this thread as solved as soon as it's confirmed."

Thanks, Clare. We can then shelve/add this thread to any shelving then too.

[Clare K. R.]

Solved!

[Lisa]

Thanks, Clare!