Milkweed by Spinelli, Jerry

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
Publisher: Laurel Leaf Library
Published: 09/13/2005
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Mass Market Paperbound
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 6.80h x 4.10w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780440420057
Age Range: 12-UP

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

About the Author
JERRY SPINELLI is the author of many novels for young readers, including Dead Wednesday, The Warden's Daughter; Stargirl; Love, Stargirl; Milkweed; Crash; Wringer; and Maniac Magee, winner of the Newbery Medal; along with Knots in My Yo-Yo String, the autobiography of his childhood. A graduate of Gettysburg College, he lives in Pennsylvania with his wife, poet and author Eileen Spinelli.