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Milkweed

Orphaned "Misha" is too young and naive to understand events when the Nazis invade Poland. He joins other Jewish boys and steals food to survive in the war-torn Warsaw ghetto as the daily horrors become part of ordinary life.

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  • "Orphaned "Misha" is too young and naive to understand events when the Nazis invade Poland. He joins other Jewish boys and steals food to survive in the war-torn Warsaw ghetto as the daily horrors become part of ordinary life."@en
  • "An orphaned Jewish street boy tries to survive in Nazi-occupied Warsaw. (from jacket.)."@en
  • "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. "Narrator Ron Rifkin uses a gentle, somber voice that fits the reflective recollection of the main character's flashback into time. His nuances help readers laugh in all the right places."--AudioFile YALSA Selected Audiobooks for Young Adults."@en
  • "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 and tells a tale of heartbreak, hope, and survival through the bright eyes of a young orphan."

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  • "Downloadable audio books"@en
  • "Talking books"
  • "Juvenile works"
  • "Juvenile works"@en
  • "Jewish fiction"@en
  • "Sound recordings"@en
  • "Young adult works"
  • "Historical fiction"@en
  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Bildungsromans"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Compact discs"
  • "Audiobooks"
  • "Audiobooks"@en
  • "Audiobooks, Unabridged"
  • "Children's audiobooks"
  • "History"

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  • "Milkweed a novel"
  • "Milkweed"
  • "Milkweed"@en

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