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Random House Children's Books · Hardcover · September 9, 2003
He’s a boy called Jew.
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- Who it’s for
- A playful voice gives this Holocaust story a strangely light step without losing the weight.
- Genres
- Holocaust Stories, War & Military Stories, Orphans & Foster Kids
- Published
- Random House Children's Books, September 9, 2003
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He’s a boy called Jew. Gypsy. Stopthief. Runt. Happy. Fast. Filthy son of Abraham. He’s a boy who lives in the streets of Warsaw. He’s a boy who steals food for himself and the other orphans. He’s a boy who believes in bread, and mothers, and angels. He’s a boy who wants to be a Nazi some day, with tall shiny jackboots and a gleaming Eagle hat of his own. Until the day that suddenly makes him change his mind.
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And when the trains come to empty the Jews from the ghetto of the damned, he’s a boy who realizes it’s safest of all to be nobody. Newbery Medalist Jerry Spinelli takes us to one of the most devastating settings imaginable—Nazi-occupied Warsaw of World War II—and tells a tale of heartbreak, hope, and survival through the bright eyes of a young orphan.
A Different Lens
A playful voice gives this Holocaust story a strangely light step without losing the weight.
Come here for
- playful narration
- immersive sustained read
Expect
- author-following curiosity
- Jewish YA lens
Where it sits
| Holocaust Stories | 95% |
|---|---|
| Orphans & Foster Kids | 71% |
| War & Military Stories | 44% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Holocaust Stories
- Authors
- Jerry Spinelli
- Publisher
- Random House Children's Books
- Published
- September 9, 2003
- Format
- Hardcover
- Reading lane
- Holocaust Stories