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Snow in August
Author: Pete Hamill

Book Information
Publisher: Warner Books
Book Type: Paperback
Rating:
9

ISBN-13: 9780446675253 - ISBN-10: 0446675253
Publication Date: 10/1/1999
Pages: 384


Other Versions of this Book: Hardcover, Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette

Book Description:
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 and wisdom. For the rabbi, Michaels patient instruction on the language of baseball opens an equally new world. But the pair soon learns that the threats of a band of anti-Semitic toughs arent idle and they find themselves trapped in a dangerous cycle of hate in which their only hope is a miracle . . .

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Please Rate these Book Reviews

Shira D. wrote on 1/3/2007...


Beautifully written. I really enjoyed this book.

Maureen T. (Whynot) wrote on 7/11/2006...


Excellent story - fantasy and fiction - good and evil.

Hazel T. (Spuddossis) wrote on 7/8/2006...


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.

Ann C. (MiddleSis) wrote on 6/9/2006...


A tender novel ...evokes the sights nd sounds of post-war Brooilyn.

Karen W. (Coco) wrote on 2/22/2006...


Really like this one although is very fantasical.


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