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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
Upon the Head of the Goat - Paperback
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by Aranka Siegal (Author)
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 Biography
Aranka Siegal's Holocaust novels are based on her own experiences as a child. She lives in Miami, Florida.
Number of Pages: 224
Dimensions: 0.57 x 7.66 x 5.2 IN
Publication Date: March 24, 2003
Award: Newbery Medal (1982)
Accelerated Reader:
Quiz Name: Upon the Head of the Goat
Interest Level: Middle Grades, 4-8
Reading Level: 5.5
Point Value: 10