傑裏•史賓尼利（Jerry Spinelli），美國著名作傢。作品包括獲1991年紐伯瑞金奬的《馬尼西亞傳奇》（Maniac Magee）、獲1998年紐伯瑞銀奬的《小殺手》（Wringer），以及《失敗者》（Loser）、《碰撞》（Crash）和自傳體小說《悠悠繩扣》（Knots in My Yo-yo String）等。他的小說既有趣又耐人尋味，深受讀者喜愛，本本都被美國教育界和文學評論界推薦。他目前與傢人一起居住於賓夕法尼亞州。

He’s a boy called Jew. Gypsy. Stopthief. Runt. Happy. Fast. Filthy son of Abraham.

He’s a boy who lives in the streets of Warsaw. He’s a boy who steals food for himself and the other orphans. He’s a boy who believes in bread, and mothers, and angels. He’s a boy who wants to be a Nazi some day, with tall shiny jackboots and a gleaming Eagle hat of his own. Until the day that suddenly makes him change his mind. And when the trains come to empty the Jews from the ghetto of the damned, he’s a boy who realizes it’s safest of all to be nobody.

Newbery Medalist Jerry Spinelli takes us to one of the most devastating settings imaginable—Nazi-occupied Warsaw of World War II—and tells a tale of heartbreak, hope, and survival through the bright eyes of a young orphan.

From the Hardcover edition.