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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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Marcus N. (Set in a working-class Brooklyn neighborhood in 1947, this tale revolves around an 11-year-old Irish Catholic boy named Michael Devlin and Rabbi Judah Hirsch, a refugee from Prague. For Michael, the rabbi's stories of ancient magic and wisdom captivate his imagination and transport him to times and places even his beloved comic book heroes have never visited. For the rabbi, Michael's patient instruction on the language of baseball and American culture opens up an equally strange world.
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