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Milkweed [electronic resource] / Jerry Spinelli.

Spinelli, Jerry. (Author). Rifkin, Ron. (Added Author).

Summary:

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

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780739360552 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
  • ISBN: 0739360558 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
  • Publisher: [New York] : Listening Library, 2008.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Downloadable audio file.
Title from: Title details screen.
Unabridged.
Duration: 5:16:08.
Participant or Performer Note:
Read by Ron Rifkin.
System Details Note:
Requires OverDrive Media Console (file size: 75724 KB).
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subject: Boys > Juvenile fiction.
Jews > Poland > Juvenile fiction.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Juvenile fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Poland > Juvenile fiction.
Boys > Fiction.
Jews > Poland > Fiction.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Poland > Fiction.
Warsaw (Poland) > Juvenile fiction.
Warsaw (Poland) > Fiction.
Genre: Historical fiction.
Jewish fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Audiobooks.

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