Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli
This literature circles rotation we are all going to be summarizers. The book we are reading is Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli and last class we decided we are going to read until chapter 15.
The book begins with the main character, Stopthief, running. He meets Uri, a redhead Jew, and a couple of Uri's friends. This book is set in the period of World War 2 in Warsaw, Poland.
Uri offers Stopthief to stay with them and tells Stopthief stories about where he is from. He gives Stopthief a new name, Misha Pulsudski, and tells him that he has five sisters, seven brothers and parents, but they just separated during the war. Misha likes the idea of having a family unlike Uri and his friends. He convinces himself that he is not a Jew, but a Gypsy because he has seen the dangers of being a Jew in Warsaw. At first, Misha admired the Jackboots and wanted to be one of them, but as the story progresses he sees what they do to Jews and Gypsies. Misha goes on taking bread and other food from stores and bakeries, and after that running to get away from the owners.
He meets a girl named Janina by going into her family's garden and eating their tomatoes. Days pass as Misha left loafs of bread at the back doorstep of Janina's house and she leaves a small item for him to pick up. Misha, being as naive as he was, sneaks outside after the curfew and gets his ear shot off by the Jackboots. Uri, Misha and the rest of the boys get kicked out of their home and are forced to find a new place to stay in. Uri takes Misha to go see a marry-go-round and Misha is amazed by the music it makes and falls in love with one of the horses. At the end of chapter 14, some "dirty Jew" rips of a leg from Misha's favorite horse. Jackboots take action and hang the first Jew they find. They torture the Jew and Misha is surprised by this. Uri and Misha go back to the place they are staying in for now and spend their days giving black pearls (coal) to the orphanage nearby.
I really like the plot of the book because the period of World War 2 really interests me.
This literature circles rotation we are all going to be summarizers. The book we are reading is Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli and last class we decided we are going to read until chapter 15.
The book begins with the main character, Stopthief, running. He meets Uri, a redhead Jew, and a couple of Uri's friends. This book is set in the period of World War 2 in Warsaw, Poland.
Uri offers Stopthief to stay with them and tells Stopthief stories about where he is from. He gives Stopthief a new name, Misha Pulsudski, and tells him that he has five sisters, seven brothers and parents, but they just separated during the war. Misha likes the idea of having a family unlike Uri and his friends. He convinces himself that he is not a Jew, but a Gypsy because he has seen the dangers of being a Jew in Warsaw. At first, Misha admired the Jackboots and wanted to be one of them, but as the story progresses he sees what they do to Jews and Gypsies. Misha goes on taking bread and other food from stores and bakeries, and after that running to get away from the owners.He meets a girl named Janina by going into her family's garden and eating their tomatoes. Days pass as Misha left loafs of bread at the back doorstep of Janina's house and she leaves a small item for him to pick up. Misha, being as naive as he was, sneaks outside after the curfew and gets his ear shot off by the Jackboots. Uri, Misha and the rest of the boys get kicked out of their home and are forced to find a new place to stay in. Uri takes Misha to go see a marry-go-round and Misha is amazed by the music it makes and falls in love with one of the horses. At the end of chapter 14, some "dirty Jew" rips of a leg from Misha's favorite horse. Jackboots take action and hang the first Jew they find. They torture the Jew and Misha is surprised by this. Uri and Misha go back to the place they are staying in for now and spend their days giving black pearls (coal) to the orphanage nearby.
I really like the plot of the book because the period of World War 2 really interests me.
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