Milkweed Blog #1

For the 2nd book club, I was assigned the book Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli. The Main character in the book is Misha Pilsudski. Misha Pilsudski doesn't know who he is, what he is or where he is, all he knows is his life as a gypsy and his friendship with a boy named Uri. Uri teaches him all about the world that he lives in, with Jackboots (Nazis) coming through this small town hundreds at a time and children running through the streets steeling bread, clothing, and other necessities needed to survive. Uri, who is another contributor to the story, is a red haired orphan Jewish boy who has taken Misha Pilsudski under his wing and is guiding Misha Pilsudski through the terrors of this town and of the War (WW2) that surrounds it. They both live in the cellar of an old abandoned Barbershop in the middle of town. The story really doesn’t kick off until their home is raided by Jackboots in the middle of the night. Uri wakes Misha Pilsudski up and tells him we have to go, he protests until they hear noise from upstairs. Uri and Misha Pilsudski run out through the cellar doors and escape into the darkness of the night. Now the problem is they know that people are after them and that they have nowhere to go. They are left to make their own decisions to hopefully lead them to safety.