num_pages: 208
description: 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.
language: English
title: Milkweed
titlecomplete: Milkweed
genres: Historical, Middle Grade, Young Adult, Childrens, School, World War II, Holocaust, War, Historical Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 29107
places: Poland, Warsaw
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: SCBWI Golden Kite Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Carolyn W. Field Award
category: Fiction
publisher: Scholastic