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Milkweed (Readers Circle (Laurel-Leaf)) [Paperback]

Jerry Spinelli (Author)
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Publication Date: Sep 2005 | Series: Readers Circle (Laurel-Leaf)
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.


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Product details

  • Paperback: 208 pages
  • Publisher: Laurel Leaf Library; Reprint edition (Sep 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0440420059
  • ISBN-13: 978-0439676953
  • Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 1.8 x 17.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 32,354 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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This is a remarkable book - a great story that is funny and moving, but at the same time, quite harrowing.

(The Bookseller 20040101)

A book which must now constitute the most remarkable of children's Holocaust fiction.

(Books for Keeps 20040301)

Concise, controlled, cleanly and crisply written, Milkweed incorporates the moving, the funny and the profound with consummate skill. A triumph.

(Carousel 20060401)

A tremendously powerful and poignant novel. Jerry Spinelli takes us to a devastating period of history but tells a poetic tale of heartbreak and survival ... A reader cannot fail to be moved with this story.

(School Librarian 20040401)

Milkweed is fresh and vital. The writing is vivid and as funny as it is uncompromising in its depiction of the horrors of life ... Sentimentality is successfully avoided and the whole rings of authentic experience while also bearing the marks of a fine piece of storytelling.

(The Guardian 20040901) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Jerry Spinelli started out wanting to be a cowboy. Luckily for young readers, he later decided to become a writer, even though he's still not sure he can call himself one (he does other things too, like picking berries and skipping stones). --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Emotive, entertaining, excellent 12 Dec 2005
By Jenny Newman
Format:Paperback
For fans of Jerry Spinelli, this is a book that certainly won't let you down. Instead of Spinelli's usual thread about daring to be different, this book gives a touching and thought-provoking account of one little boy's experience of the Holocaust. Just another book of the same old conveyor belt? No - the main character is young, giving a view of events happening around him in an almost naive yet clear-sighted way, and you can see how some people live through events such as these. Spinelli has excelled himself in writing another book that will not fail to touch your heartstrings, but above all let you ponder upon the reason why such things happen to people like the young boy in the story.
Spinelli says himself, does the world really need another holocaust book? What right does he have to write about the sufferances of the thousands of Jews suppressed by the Nazis? Only that he cares. This is evident all the way through the book, and you get a sense of the compassion and, occassionally, the anger, Spinelli feels manifested in the actions of the characters.
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4.0 out of 5 stars milkweed 16 Feb 2004
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Format:Hardcover
I love Jerry Spinelli's books, and this one is no exception. The story focuses on a young orphan boy with no name, growing up on the streets of Warsaw as the German army moves in. The boy has no real idea of war or prejudice, and watches the opression of the Jews in the town through wholely innocent eyes, seeing the soldiers parades as exciting, their shiny boots and helmets as beautiful - unsure why the gang he hangs about with are scared.
This book deals with one of the darkest periods of modern history in a compassionate and readable way. It is great for children who are just starting to take an interest in history as it gives a great insight into the lives of the people who actually lived through the events, without worrying about times or dates.
A unique childrens's book which should be read by adults as well.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant 12 Sep 2004
By D. J. Crossland
Format:Library Binding
The idea of the completely independant and innocent observer works brilliantly for this, one of the darkest times of our history. Labelled a children's book it deserves better, full of excellent writing and raw emotions, better even than Malorie Blackman in my opinion, brilliant
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