Milkweed is set in Warsaw, Poland, and a nearby farm during the Second World War and in the United States afterward. As a homeless vagabond, the boy who does not initially know his name, later becoming Misha, covers considerable territory in the city. When Uri befriends him, they find shelter from the bombs in a stable and then an old barbershop. After he joins with Janina's family, he goes to live with them in the Jewish ghetto after they are forced to relocate there.
When the ghetto is sealed off, Misha sneaks out and reenters, bringing food. He avoids deportation to the concentration camps and lives for a while on a farm in the countryside.
After the war, he secures passage and immigrates to America.
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