Milkweed -- Jerry Spinelli

<b>A stunning novel of the Holocaust from Newbery Medalist</b>, <b>Jerry Spinelli. And don't miss the author's highly anticipated new novel, <i>Dead Wednesday</i>!</b> <p/>He's a boy called Jew. Gypsy. Stopthief. Filthy son of Abraham. <p/>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. <p/>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. <p/>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. <p/>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.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Jerry Spinelli<br><b>Publisher:</b> Laurel Leaf Library<br><b>Published:</b> 09/13/2005<br><b>Pages:</b> 240<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.25lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 6.80h x 4.10w x 0.70d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780440420057<br><b>Age Range:</b> 12-UP<br><br><b>Accelerated Reader:</b><br><b>Reading Level:</b> 3.6<br><b>Point Value:</b> 7<br><b>Interest Level:</b> Middle Grade<br><b>Quiz #/Name: </b>71828 / Milkweed<br><br><br><b>Review Citation(s): </b><br><i>Kliatt</i> 01/01/2006 pg. 18<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br>JERRY SPINELLI is the