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Author of Milkweed
Jerry Spinelli
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A young orphan boy who lives in the streets of Warsaw and is identified as a Gypsy because of the yellow stone he wears.
Misha Pilsudski/Stopthief
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Kuba, Ferdi, Olek, Enos, Big Henryk, and Jon
Orphan boys from the Warsaw gang.
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Young Jewish girl Misha encounters when he steals a tomato from her garden; then goes to her birthday party.
Janina Milgrom
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Red-headed orphan in Warsaw who takes Misha under his wing and teaches him how to survive.
Uri
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Symbol of both the Jewish identify and Judaism.
Star of David
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Jackboots
Nazi military men.
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1939-1945
World War II
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The person telling the story.
Misha
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Holocaust
Destruction or slaughter on a mass scale.