Milkweed (Random House Reader's Circle)

Milkweed (Random House Reader's Circle)

<b>A stunning novel of the Holocaust from Newbery Medalist</b>, <b>Jerry Spinelli</b><br><br>He's a boy called Jew. Gypsy. Stopthief. Filthy son of Abraham.<br><br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br>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.