Milkweed

author: Spinelli, Jerry
Follows a young Jewish orphan in the Warsaw ghetto during World War Two as he slowly understands the horrible reality that surrounds him and attempts to steal in order to help others survive.
year: 2003, 2005, 2004, 2010
call number/section: 1000, 1930, 813.54, 920
subjects: boys, fiction, jews, poland, holocaust, jewish (1939-1945), world war, 1939-1945, warsaw (poland), fiction, holocaust, 1933-1945, historical fiction, holocaust, orphans, poland, holocaust, 1939-1945, historical fiction, jewish fiction, bildungsromans

Editions


Milkweed
Spinelli, Jerry
Knopf (2003)
A street child, known to himself only as Stopthief, finds community when he is taken in by a band of orphans in Warsaw ghetto which helps him weather the horrors of the Nazi regime.
Schools: 79



Milkweed
Spinelli, Jerry
Laurel-Leaf (2005)
Follows a young Jewish orphan in the Warsaw ghetto during World War Two as he slowly understands the horrible reality that surrounds him and attempts to steal in order to help others survive.
Schools: 8



Milkweed
Spinelli, Jerry
Scholastic (2004)
The story--set in Nazi-occupied Warsaw--of heartbreak, hope, and survival experienced by a young orphan.
Schools: 2



Milkweed
Spinelli, Jerry
Knopf (2010)
A street child, known to himself only as Stopthief, finds community when he is taken in by a band of orphans in Warsaw ghetto which helps him weather the horrors of the Nazi regime.
Schools: 3



Milkweed
Spinelli, Jerry

Follows a young Jewish orphan in the Warsaw ghetto during World War Two as he slowly understands the horrible reality that surrounds him and attempts to steal in order to help others survive.
Schools: 5


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