Milkweed : a novel / Jerry Spinelli

Spinelli, Jerry
Milkweed : a novel / Jerry Spinelli. -- New York : Scholastic, 2003

In Warsaw in 1939, a boy wanders the streets and survives by stealing what food he can. He knows nothing of his background: Is he a Jew? A Gypsy? Was he ever called something other than Stopthief? Befriended by a band of orphaned Jewish boys, he begins to share their sleeping quarters.

1. AMERICAN LITERATURE; 2. JUVENILE LITERATURE; 3. FRIENDS AND FAMILIES; 4. BOYS -- FICTION; 5. JEWS -- FICTION -- POLAND; 6. HOLOCAUST, JEWISH (1939-1945) -- FICTION; 7. WORLD WAR, 1939-1945 -- FICTION -- POLAND; 8. WARSAW (POLAND) -- FICTION; 9. HISTORICAL FICTION; 10. JEWISH FICTION; 11. BILDUNGSROMANS

(1) Inv.: S10081 S.T.: J FRIENDS AND FAMILIES SPI ; (1) Inv.: S10082 S.T.: J FRIENDS AND FAMILIES SPI