Milkweed Jerry Spinelli

Milkweed

Author: Jerry Spinelli
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Book Title
Milkweed
Author
Jerry Spinelli
ISBN
9780375861475
A stunning novel of the Holocaust from Newbery Medalist, Jerry Spinelli 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.Binding Type: PaperbackAuthor: Jerry SpinelliPublisher: EmberPublished: 03/23/2010ISBN: 9780375861475Pages: 208Weight: 0.40lbsSize: 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.70dAccelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 71828 / MilkweedReading Level: 3.6 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 7
A stunning novel of the Holocaust from Newbery Medalist, Jerry Spinelli

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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Jerry Spinelli
Publisher: Ember
Published: 03/23/2010
ISBN: 9780375861475
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.70d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 71828 / Milkweed
Reading Level: 3.6 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 7
A stunning novel of the Holocaust from Newbery Medalist, Jerry Spinelli

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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Jerry Spinelli
Publisher: Ember
Published: 03/23/2010
ISBN: 9780375861475
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.70d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 71828 / Milkweed
Reading Level: 3.6 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 7