| Milkweed Contributor(s): Spinelli, Jerry (Author) |
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ISBN: 0375861475 ISBN-13: 9780375861475 Publisher: Ember OUR PRICE: $10.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Historical - Holocaust - Young Adult Fiction | Family - Orphans & Foster Homes - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Prejudice & Racism |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 510 |
| Series: Random House Reader's Circle |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.2" W x 7.9" (0.40 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Holocaust - Cultural Region - Polish - Chronological Period - 1940's |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 71828 Reading Level: 3.6 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 7.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A stunning novel of the Holocaust from Newbery Medalist, Jerry Spinelli. And don't miss the author's highly anticipated new novel, Dead Wednesday! 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. |