{"product_id":"the-chosen","title":"The Chosen","description":"\u003cb\u003eA coming-of-age classic about two Jewish boys growing up in Brooklyn in the 1940s, this \"profound and universal\" (\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e) story of faith, family, tradition, and assimilation remains deeply pertinent today.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Works of this caliber should be occasion for singing in the streets and shouting from the rooftops.\" --\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt'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 at 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 a father's strong opposition. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet against the backdrop of World War II and the creation of the state of Israel, \u003ci\u003eThe Chosen\u003c\/i\u003e is a poignant novel about transformation and tradition, growing up and growing wise, and finding yourself--even if it might mean disappointing those you love.\r","brand":"Chaim Potok","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44440543002860,"sku":"9781501142468","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9781501142468.jpg?v=1719206179","url":"https:\/\/allstora.com\/products\/the-chosen","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}