Milkweed (Travel Tracel_Nina) #6

Hello Everyone. My group and I have finished reading Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli. In this blog post my job is to be Travel Tracer meaning that I will track where the action has happened during the last 68 pages of the book. 

The action as well as most of the last few pages of the book takes place at the Ghetto. Our protagonist Misha spends most of his time there with Janina and her family the Milgroms as they have taken him in. Furthermore, the Ghetto is where during World War II the Jackboots (Nazi’s) forced Jews to ‘live’ there. Also the Nazi occupation authorities officially told the story that Jews were natural carriers of numerous different sicknesses and that it was therefore necessary to isolate them from the rest of the world.  Misha, would also describe the Ghetto as deserted, cold and gray. He once said the Ghetto is where children grow down instead of up. Moreover, during the night, both Janina and Misha would search for food they could steal in order to survive in the cold and somewhat desertes streets of Warsaw.  The only light was the one coming from the moon or flamethrowers.

Most of the key events during the last couple of pages happen once again at the Ghetto where the Milgrom family witnesses the death of Mrs. Milgrom. The next event is when Misha, Janina, and Mr. Milgrom arrives at the cemetery on Gesia Street, where upon digging a grave for Mrs. Milgrom bombs start falling. Misha describes almost everything as gray as I can imagine that a kid his age might be feeling during such a horrible period in time. Also, it is later discovered that the Russians are the ones bombing them to most likely try to free them. Besides the death in the family, Hanukah is approaching and Misha can finally celebrate along with the Milgroms. Also, one of the key events happened when Misha was heading to the bomb crater located somewhere with the walls of the the Ghetto.  These events happened on pages 146 to 174.

The ending events take place at Stawki Station, the Ghetto, somewhere in Warsaw, Poland, on a strangers farm where Misha is nursed back to health, and America. These events happened on pages 174 to 208.