Introduction
Milkweed is written by Jerry Spinelli. This is a story about a boy who grows up during the Holocaust. He plans on one day becoming a Jackboot, but sees how rude they treat the Jews. The boy has many nicknames like Stopthief, Gypsy, Jew, Filthy Son of Abraham, Misha Pilsudski, Jack Milgroom, and Poppynoodle. He believes in many things that most Jews don't because they have very little faith because they are in the ghetto and they know it's going to get worse until the war is over. They call him Stopthief because he steals food for himself and other orphans. He is really tired of being a nobody, but when he ends up in the ghetto and then the trains come he finds out it is better to be nobody.