{"product_id":"chosen-book-chaim-potok-9781501142468","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\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Set 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.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49617322475793,"sku":"CIN1501142461G","price":5.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49724053192977,"sku":"CIN1501142461VG","price":5.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50593934278929,"sku":"CIN1501142461A","price":4.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":50988136825105,"sku":"NIN9781501142468","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51662961279249,"sku":"GOR014355917","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1501142461.jpg?v=1751307357","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/chosen-book-chaim-potok-9781501142468","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}