Milkweed (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780440420057)

A stunning novel of the Holocaust from Newbery Medalist, Jerry Spinelli. And don't miss the author's highly anticipated new novel, Dead Wednesday!

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.

Author: Jerry Spinelli
ISBN-10: 0440420059
ISBN-13: 9780440420057
Publisher: Laurel Leaf Library
Language: English
Published: 09/13/2005
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 6.80h x 4.10w x 0.70d

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


Review Citation(s):
Kliatt 01/01/2006 pg. 18