Milkweed

Title
Milkweed

Personal Author EPSB
Jerry. Spinelli

Summary
He's a boy called Jew. He's a boy who wants to be a Nazi someday, 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.

Other Title
Milkweed

Year Published
2003

Physical Description
208 p. ; 22 cm.

Note
Winner of the Golden Kite Award.
 
A "Best of the Best 2004" book.

Note (Local)
Paperback

Program Information
Gr. 7+
 
Literature
 
7.0

Awards
Carolyn W. Field Award, 2004

Subject
Jewish holocaust (1939-1945) -- Fiction.
 
Boys -- Fiction.
 
Jews -- Poland -- Fiction.
 
World War, 1939-1945 -- Poland -- Fiction.

Geographic Term
Warsaw (Poland) -- Fiction.

Electronic Access
Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/random0414/2003040109.html
 
Sample text http://www.loc.gov/catdir/samples/random044/2003040109.html
 
Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/random055/2003040109.html

Summary
He's a boy called Jew. He's a boy who wants to be a Nazi someday, 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.

ISBN
9780375813740

Publisher
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2003.


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
AbbottF SPIBook30100000051807Fiction