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Title	:	Milkweed
Author	:	Jerry Spinelli
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 208 pages
Published	:	September 13th 2005 by Laurel Leaf (first published September 9th 2003)
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Young Adult. World War II. Holocaust. Fiction. War

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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 imaginable—Nazi-occupied Warsaw of World War II—and tells a tale of heartbreak, hope, and survival through the bright eyes of a young orphan. From the Hardcover edition.

Present Books In Favor Of Milkweed

Original Title:	Milkweed
ISBN:	0440420059 (ISBN13: 9780440420057)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	Poland Warsaw(Poland)
Literary Awards:	Carolyn W. Field Award for Fiction (2003), Golden Kite Award for Fiction (2004)

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Ratings: 4.01 From 24638 Users | 2339 Reviews

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He's running. That is the first thing he remembers. He doesn't remember why he is running or where he is running to, all he knows is running. He has no name, no home and no family. He is a gypsy, a thief, but still a boy. A boy who doesn't know who or what he is until his friend, Uri, tells him. He is told his name is Misha Pilsudski. He is a gypsy. He is not to look guilty. This story is about a young boy that finds himself in a small town that is under the Nazi power. He has no family or home,

I hope that nobody will look at me funny when I say that I love reading WWII/Holocaust stories. I do. I'm drawn to the stories of the people - I want to know what it is in us that makes us so cruel to others. I'm fascinated by people's stories- real or fiction. I don't think that they should be ignored or forgotten, and acknowledging them makes me more thankful for the good things that I have in my life. Milkweed is a story of an orphan in 1930s Poland who knows nothing but survival. Not who he

Author - Jerry SpinelliThis is a young adult book - maybe even for middle schoolers.It takes place during WWII in Warsaw, Poland. A young boy is stealing food and is caught by another boy who lives with a group of children who steal food and live on the streets. This boy knows nothing about himself - not his name, not where he lives, not even his age. The author uses very simple language and sentence structure in the beginning of the book so that we are drawn into this child's state of being.His

I initially read this book to determine whether it was appropriate for my 11 year-old daughter to read. Although it is considered a YA novel, any book (fiction or non-fiction) with a theme centered around the holocaust, is a novel I want to preview before allowing my child to absorb.I was immediately drawn to the short sentence structure and quick action. From the beginning, the reader is drawn into an eight year-old orphan boy's innocent view of a world where he must steal, and become virtually

3.5 stars. Something I'd like to praise immediately is the actual authenticity in event portrayal here (side note: as authentic as someone like me can deem). Even though I have loudly declared the flattened affect in the main character here, I found the last section of the book to kind of wear the simplified affect and plain writing differently, if that makes sense. I didn't think this book had a censorship problemdespite the main character's mispronunciations, seemingly a trend amongst middle

I originally picked this book up because of the title; we're big monarch butterfly fans in my house. Well, it's about the holocaust and not butterflies, but it still interested me. I agree with another person (Patricia) who rated this book on a lot of things. I read the book in about two days and did like the story and was quite captivated by it.I had trouble with two things. The first was where Stopthief came from. It seemed that he just materialized when he was 8. He couldn't remember his name

I love both Maniac Magee and Stargirl, but this book left me cold. I found it unbelievable. I didn't really care about the characters. Spinelli is usually good to pull me into the story, but this story just made me feel yucky. I didn't get the whole "Candy man" in the Ghetto. Where did he come from. In every story I've ever read about the Holocaust the children (and adults) are always afraid of the soldiers. I found the idea of the Misha and Janina taunting the Mint man annoying. It wouldn't