Milkweed

           Milkweed, by Jerry Spinelli, is 208 pages long. It starts out with a orphaned boy who steals food to survive. An older boy finds him and brings him to live where he lives, which is an abandoned horse stable. They must keep hidden because the Nazis are patrolling the town and trying to capture the Jews and take them away. The boy, who is named Misha, wants to be a Nazi because of the way they look. But when he hears what their actions are, he changes his mind. He and Uri move to the ghetto of the town to avoid contact with the Nazis longer, but when they are forcing Jews onto trains, they must hide even better. Uri gets caught and must go on the train to the camp for Jews. Misha can't handle being alone and follows the train tracks to the Jewish camp. The book ends when he is seen outside the camp and is brought inside. I recommend this book to anyone who understands the Holocaust era and enjoys a good read.