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  • The Chosen: A Novel

    Chaim Potok

    Mass Market Paperback (Fawcett, April 12, 1987)
    “Anyone who finds it is finding a jewel. Its themes are profound and universal.”—The Wall Street JournalIt is the now-classic story of two fathers and two sons and the pressures on all of them to pursue the religion they share in the way that is best suited to each. And as the boys grow into young men, they discover in the other a lost spiritual brother, and a link to an unexplored world that neither had ever considered before. In effect, they exchange places, and find the peace that neither will ever retreat from again. . . .
  • The Chosen

    Chaim Potok, Jonathan Davis, Recorded Books

    Audiobook (Recorded Books, Sept. 16, 2005)
    Though they've lived their entire lives less than five blocks from each other, Reuven Malter and Danny Saunders exist in very different worlds. Reuven blends easily into both his secular Jewish faith and his typical American teen life, while Danny's conservative Hasidic clothes and appearance make him stick out in any crowd. Their improbable friendship teaches them that the differences separating people through cultures and generations are never as great as they seem.
  • The Chosen

    Chaim Potok

    eBook (Simon & Schuster, Feb. 23, 2016)
    A coming-of-age classic about two Jewish boys growing up in Brooklyn in the 1940s, this “profound and universal” story of what we share across cultures remains deeply pertinent today (The Wall Street Journal).It’s the spring of 1944 and fifteen-year-olds Reuven Malter and Danny Saunders have lived five blocks apart all their lives. But they’ve never met, not until the day an accident during a softball game sparks an unlikely friendship. Soon these two boys—one expected to become a Hasidic rebbe, the other at ease with secular America—are drawn into one another’s worlds despite one father’s strong opposition. Set against the backdrop of WWII and the creation of the state of Israel, The Chosen is a poignant novel about transformation and tradition, growing up and growing wise, and finding yourself—even if that might mean leaving your community.
  • The Chosen: A Novel

    Chaim Potok

    Paperback (Ballantine Books, Aug. 27, 1996)
    “Anyone who finds it is finding a jewel. Its themes are profound and universal.”—The Wall Street JournalIt is the now-classic story of two fathers and two sons and the pressures on all of them to pursue the religion they share in the way that is best suited to each. And as the boys grow into young men, they discover in the other a lost spiritual brother, and a link to an unexplored world that neither had ever considered before. In effect, they exchange places, and find the peace that neither will ever retreat from again. . . .
  • The Chosen

    Chaim Potok

    Hardcover (Simon & Schuster, Nov. 1, 2016)
    This fiftieth-anniversary edition commemorates Chaim Potok’s coming-of-age classic with a new introduction, critical essays, rare papers and photos, and much more.It’s the spring of 1944 and fifteen-year-olds Reuven Malter and Danny Saunders have lived five blocks apart all their lives. But they’ve never met, not until the day an accident during a softball game sparks an unlikely friendship. Soon these two boys—one expected to become a Hasidic rebbe, the other at ease with secular America—are drawn into one another’s worlds despite one father’s strong opposition. Set against the backdrop of WWII and the creation of the state of Israel, The Chosen is a poignant novel about transformation and tradition, growing up and growing wise, and finding yourself—even if that might mean leaving your community.
  • Chosen

    Chaim Potok

    Paperback (Penguin Books, Oct. 1, 2009)
    Following a baseball game that nearly became a religious war, two Jewish boys become friends. Danny comes from the strict Hasidic sect that keeps him bound in centuries of orthodoxy. Reuven is brought up by a father patently aware of the twentieth century. Everything tries to destroy their friendship, but they use honesty with each other as a shield and it proves an impenetrable protection.
  • Chosen, The

    Chaim Potok, Jonathan Davis

    MP3 CD (Recorded Books on Brilliance Audio, July 7, 2015)
    Though they’ve lived their entire lives less than five blocks from each other, 15-year-olds Reuven Malter and Danny Saunders exist in very different worlds. Reuven blends easily into both his secular Jewish faith and his typical American teen life, while Danny’s conservative Hasidic clothes and appearance make him stick out. When Danny almost blinds Reuven with a deliberately vicious line drive in a tumultuous softball game, the two boys are brought together and develop an improbable friendship. Struggling to live their own lives against the wishes of their strong-willed fathers, they give each other a shared strength—and a deeper understanding that the differences separating people through cultures and generations are not as great as they might seem.
  • The Chosen

    Chaim Potok

    Paperback (Fawcett Columbine, Jan. 1, 1995)
    949
  • The Chosen

    Chaim Potok

    Library Binding (Paw Prints 2008-06-26, June 26, 2008)
    Out of a Baseball game that nearly became a religious war, two Jewish Boys become friends. Danny comes from the strict Hasidic sect that keeps him bound in centuries of orthodoxy. Reuven is brought up by a father patiently aware of the twentieth century. Everything tries to destroy their friendship, but they use honesty with each other as a shield and it proves an impenetrable protection.
  • The Chosen

    Chaim potok

    Hardcover (Simon & Schuster, April 28, 1967)
    A baseball game between Jewish schools is the catalyst that starts a bitter rivalry between two boys and their fathers
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  • The Chosen first trade paperback edition

    Chaim Potok

    Paperback
    Excellent Book
  • IFFYThe Chosen

    Chaim Potok

    (Fawcett, Jan. 1, 1967)
    Minor wear and discoloration on edges of spine. Pages are clean with no writing or marks.