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Snow in August
Snow in August
Author: Pete Hamill
General Fiction Large Print Edition* A New York Times BestsellerIts 1947 in a working-class Brooklyn neighborhood when two unlikely characters meet. In a blizzard one Saturday, an Irish Catholic boy, Michael Devlin, meets Rabbi Judah Hirsch, and a rare and beautiful friendship begins. Michael is entranced by the rabbis stories of ancient magic a...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780446675253
ISBN-10: 0446675253
Publication Date: 10/1/1999
Pages: 384
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Publisher: Warner Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette
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Beautifully written. I really enjoyed this book.
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Excellent story - fantasy and fiction - good and evil.
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A beautiful coming of age story about a young Irish-American Catholic boy who befriends a Rabbi, and teaches him about baseball, during the time Of the Dodgers in Brooklyn when Jackie Robinson was first accepted to the team. It is a story of learning, values, tolerance, & love.


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