Milkweed

AstunningnoveloftheHolocaustfromaNewberyMedalist.He'saboycalledJew.Gypsy.Stopthief.FilthysonofAbraham.He'saboywholivesinthestreetsofWarsaw.He'saboywhostealsfoodforhimself,andtheotherorphans.He'saboywhobelievesinbread,andmothers,andangels.He'saboywhowantstobeaNazi,withtall,shinyjackbootsofhisown-untilthedaythatsuddenlymakeshimchangehismind.AndwhenthetrainscometoemptytheJewsfromtheghettoofthedamned,he'saboywhorealizesit'ssafestofalltobenobody.NewberyMedalistJerrySpinellitakesustooneofthemostdevastatingsettingsimaginable-Nazi-occupiedWarsawduringWorldWarII-andtellsataleofheartbreak,hope,andsurvivalthroughthebrighteyesofayoungHolocaustorphan.