| The Chosen Contributor(s): Potok, Chaim (Author) |
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ISBN: 0449911543 ISBN-13: 9780449911549 Publisher: Ballantine Books OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1996 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: "Anyone who finds it is finding a jewel. Its themes are profound and universal." THE WALL STREET JOURNAL It 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.... "From the Paperback edition. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 96096725 |
| Lexile Measure: 900 |
| Series: Ballantine Reader's Circle |
| Physical Information: 0.66" H x 5.5" W x 8.24" (0.56 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 - Chronological Period - 1940's - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. - Demographic Orientation - Urban - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish - Geographic Orientation - New York - Religious Orientation - Christian - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 5979 Reading Level: 6.6 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 15.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "Anyone who finds it is finding a jewel. Its themes are profound and universal."--The Wall Street Journal It 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. . . . |