Milkweed

A stunning novel of the Holocaust from Newbery Medalist, Jerry Spinelli

He's a boy called Jew. Gypsy. Stopthief. Filthy son of Abraham.

He's a boy who lives in the streets of Warsaw. He's a boy who steals food for himself, and the other orphans. He's a boy who believes in bread, and mothers, and angels.

He's a boy who wants to be a Nazi, with tall, shiny jackboots of his own-until the day that suddenly makes him change his mind.

And when the trains come to empty the Jews from the ghetto of the damned, he's a boy who realizes it's safest of all to be nobody.

Newbery Medalist Jerry Spinelli takes us to one of the most devastating settings imaginable-Nazi-occupied Warsaw during World War II-and tells a tale of heartbreak, hope, and survival through the bright eyes of a young Holocaust orphan.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Laurel Leaf Library
Published: 09/13/2005
ISBN: 9780440420057
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 6.80h x 4.10w x 0.70d

Review Citations: Kliatt 01/01/2006 pg. 18

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 71828 / Milkweed
Reading Level: 3.6 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 7