Book cover for Milkweed : A Novel
Description
He's a boy called Jew. Gypsy. Stopthief. Runt. Happy. Fast. 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 some day, with tall shiny jackboots and a gleaming Eagle hat 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 imaginableNazi-occupied Warsaw of World War IIand tells a tale of heartbreak, hope, and survival through the bright eyes of a young orphan.
Publisher Alfred A. Knopf
ISBN10 0375813748
ISBN13 9780375813740
Number of Pages 215
File Size EP-80MB
Shelf Number HD321
Grade Range
Ages 10 - 99
Format EPub Download, Voice Text