Chosen, The - Chaim Potok

Chosen, The - Chaim Potok - Penguin, TL, Few stories offer more Warmth, wisdom, or Generosity Than This tale of two boys, Their fathers, Their friendship, and the chaotic times in Which They Live. Though on the surface of it Explores Religious faith - the intellectually-committed as well as the passionately observing - The Struggle Addressed in The Chosen are familiar to families of all faiths and in all nations. In 1940s Brooklyn, New York, an accident throws Reuven and Danny Saunders together Malta. Despite Their differences (Reuven is a modern Orthodox Jew year with intellectual, Zionist father, Danny Is The brilliant and the rightful heir to a Hasidic rebbe), the young men form a deep, if Unlikely, friendship. Together THEY Negotiate adolescence, Family Conflicts, the crisis of faith Engendered When Holocaust stories begin to emerge in the U.S., loss, love, and the journey to adulthood. The intellectual and spiritual clashes Between fathers, BETWEEN EACH her father and His Own, and Between the Two young men, provider a unique backdrop for this exploration of fathers, sound, faith, loyalty, and, ultimately, the power of love. (This is not a children's book Conventional, although it Will move Any wise child age 12 or older, and Often appears on summer reading lists for High School Student.)