Milkweed, written by Jerry Spinelli, is a very good book about the Holocaust. This book is not based on a real story, but is entirely fictional. In this book, the protagonist, a little boy doesn't know who he is. He doesn't know his name, what his parents were like, whether he's a Jew, a gypsy, or even neither! He lives on the streets of Warsaw with some other kids, and steals food for himself, and for the children of the orphanage. Unlike the older teens, (mostly Jews) who help him and live with him, The boy wants to be a Nazi someday.
This book is different from others about this topic. One thing is that in other books I've read, it is either a story of hiding, or of the struggles Jews within the concentration camps face. Also, in this book the boy doesn't know, or understand much of what is happening.
It was a great the book, but the way the book ended while he was still in Poland (he goes to US at the very end) could have been better. It was also kind of annoying for me while reading, when he, (being a kid) did some stupid things that could have gotten himself killed. Still it was an amazing story full of friendship, and the many struggles in life.
My rating: 8 out of 10
This book is different from others about this topic. One thing is that in other books I've read, it is either a story of hiding, or of the struggles Jews within the concentration camps face. Also, in this book the boy doesn't know, or understand much of what is happening.It was a great the book, but the way the book ended while he was still in Poland (he goes to US at the very end) could have been better. It was also kind of annoying for me while reading, when he, (being a kid) did some stupid things that could have gotten himself killed. Still it was an amazing story full of friendship, and the many struggles in life.
My rating: 8 out of 10
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