Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Departure from typical Spinelli a Must Read

Milkweed is a departure from Spinelli's usual works. Unlike his other, more fanciful novels, Milkweed seriously examines issues during the Holocaust through the eyes of a child. As a teacher, I would not recommend this book for students younger than high school for several reasons. First, it requires readers to have a significant amount of prior knowledge about the holocaust. Second, it is intense to read, with an ending that might be difficult to comprehend by less mature middle schoolers. Finally, it requires the reader to make quite a few inferences concerning difficult moral issues.More mature readers will gain new insights into a tragic period in human history. I definitely think this is one of the best books Spinelli has written--just not for kids. It is one of the few books for teens that I have read that I can honestly say has changed me. The ending, in particular, rings true to life.