Milkweed (by Jerry Spinelli)

I thought that it was a brilliant book. I loved the way the main character seems to survive even though he the most ignorant. I think that even though it contained some bad role models, nudity and smoking, without some of these you really couldn't get a full understanding of the book and holocaust.

I really liked the book. It was a very catching story. I read it in 2 days. Very hard to put down. Its a sad book though. And i dont think its right for younger kids. I would say about 13/8th grade. Because by then youve heard about the war a little bit more in history class and stuff, so it wont rise questions or create confusion either. its a wonderful book though. Jerry spinelli is very talented.

I think this is a good book.

This book is very interesting in the fact how Misha has no remembrance of his past life and seems very new to life. I especially liked how they ended the book by telling you what happened instead of letting you “make up your own ending”. Even though this book was based on a sad time I found it funny for when Misha would run up to Buffo and call him “Fatman!” I especially like this book because it reminds me of one of my relatives who is completely clueless to what is going on around him. I also liked the author’s perspective of Misha always having a go with the flow attitude. One more thing that reminds me of something outside the book is when Janina and Misha weren’t “brother and sister” they were best friends but once Misha started living with the Milgroms they started to act like actual brother and sister, getting in fights all the time over stupid reasons. So, all in all this has been one of my favorite books.

Milkweed is a gripping book which takes place during the holocaust and is about a boy named Misha who tries to find out who he is. This book may be a little graphic about the holocaust at times, but I think 10 is the youngest age children should read this book because there are a lot of young mature readers out there waiting to uncover the holocaust. I am startled about the negative reviews. I have read a few books written by Jerry Spinelli and know he writes his books with great effort. Jerry Spinelli was not trying to teach a history lesson in Milkweed. I have read this book twice and I enjoy it. I think this book deserves more. A film should also be made in addition to this book.

MILKWEED, is a great book if you in to the history type thing. Also, if your just looking for a little excitement, and are in to the holocaust. Theres a boy in the story who goes by the name "stop theif" in the beginning of the book. Later on he meets another boy who goes by Uri. Uri gives stop theif a real name, which is Misha. Misha then learns that there are Nazies comming to take over there city where they live. At first Misha looks up to the Nazies. But when he finds out that these nazies or jackboots as called in the book, arn't nice people he looks down on them. He trys to help a family when there forced to leave the city and move to the Ghetto, and there, misha trys to figure out who he really is. in the end........ oop's i better not say the end. you'll have to read and find out for you selves. Jerry Spinelli, did a magnificent job writting the book Milkweed. I would not recomend this book for kids who are under the age of 12. But if you 14 or 15 this is an excelant book. You will be heart broken to find out how these people were treated and how they had to live. Read and fing out how this magnificent story ends......... :)

This book is about a young street boy who steals food for a living and doesn’t know his own identity. This boy thinks his name’s Stopthief because that’s what everyone calls him when he takes something from them. While trying to steal a loaf of bread Stopthief finds another street boy named Uri who gives him a real identity. Stopthief’s new name is Misha. Misha doesn’t know much about anything, so when the Nazis come he doesn’t know what to do. At fist he looks up to them and wants to become a Nazi, but after a while Misha finds out that that was a bad idea. Later on Misha has to take on the dangers of Starvation, Disease, Nazi Soldiers, and a whole lot more.

The overall book was very well written. The language was not good. For tweens, they may be disturbed after reading this book because of all the voilence involved.