{"product_id":"milkweed-9780440420057","title":"Milkweed","description":"\u003cb\u003eA stunning novel of the Holocaust from Newbery Medalist\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eJerry Spinelli\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe's a boy called Jew. Gypsy. Stopthief. Filthy son of Abraham. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe'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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe'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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNewbery 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Laurel Leaf Library\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/13\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780440420057\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.80h x 4.10w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKliatt\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2006 pg. 18\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e71828 \/ Milkweed\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.6 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Middle Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 7\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jerry Spinelli","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36637236428956,"sku":"9780440420057","price":7.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_ed40caac-44df-4ad9-adb5-f46a98cb9ff8.jpg?v=1603844285","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/milkweed-9780440420057","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}