Upon the Head of the Goat, Aranka Siegal
Upon the Head of the Goat, Aranka Siegal
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Upon the Head of the Goat
A Childhood in Hungary 1939-1944

Author: Aranka Siegal

Narrator: Christina Moore

Unabridged: 7 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 12/07/2012


Synopsis

In 1939, nine-year-old Piri is happy to spend her spring vacation at her grandmother Babi's house in the Ukrainian countryside. There, Piri freely enjoys the meadows, rivers and wildflowers. In her busy household, Babi makes sure her granddaughter continues to speak Yiddish and observe the Sabbath. But there is a darker side to this paradise. The Hungarian soldiers riding through the beautiful landscape are a threat not only to the Ukrainians but also to Jews. And when Piri returns to Hungary, she hears rumors of the ghettos. Gradually, the young girl realizes that the world she loves has changed forever. Aranka Siegal's powerful story is drawn from her own life. She was a survivor of Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen. A Newbery Honor Book and a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, Upon the Head of the Goat creates a personal view of the Holocaust that was mirrored in countless lives during that ominous time.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Empress Reece (Hooked on Books) on February 18, 2018

I've been putting off writing this review because I've been debating on whether to rate it a 2 or a 3. I had thought I had settled on a 3 until I wrote my review and realized that a 2 more accurately portrays my feelings. I honestly was disappointed in, first, the execution of the story. I felt like......more

Goodreads review by Hafsa on March 17, 2018

Those who like reading on WW2, this is a good book for you. The plot takes place in Hungary where gradually the cruelty of the war takes place. Even though Piri and her family try to remain strong till the end, they soon start to fall apart as the Nazis start invading Hungary. The simple diction of......more

Goodreads review by Linda on March 06, 2013

A 1982 Newbery honor book regarding the holocaust, this is written about events leading up to the deportation of the author's family to Auschwitz in 1944. Happy and carefree, Piri spends summers with her grandmother in Beregszasz. During 1939 sudden changes occur as it appears the nation is in the de......more

Goodreads review by CLM on March 02, 2014

A heartbreaking autobiographical Holocaust narrative about the childhood of the author, Aranka Siegal, and her family in Hungary as they slowly became consumed by World War II and the anti-Semitism of nearby Germany and its military. As someone who is a quarter Hungarian, I was fascinated and found......more

Goodreads review by Ginny on May 21, 2009

A Newbery Honor book, this describes the author's experience as a young girl living in the Ukraine and also a small town in Hungary and then in a Jewish ghetto at the beginning of World War II. Aranka Siegal captures the fear and uncertainty of her family’s life and also her mother’s determination t......more