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Text copyright © 2003 by Jerry Spinelli

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Spinelli, Jerry.

Milkweed / Jerry Spinelli.

p. cm.

[1. Boys—Fiction. 2. Jews—Poland—Fiction. 3. Warsaw (Poland)—Fiction. 4. Holocaust, Jewish (1939–1945)—Fiction. 5. World War, 1939–1945—Poland—Fiction.]

I. Title.

PS3569.P546M55 2003

813'.54—dc21

2003040109

eISBN: 978-0-375-89037-6

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