num_pages: 291
description: The story of two fathers and two sons and the pressures on all of them to pursue the religion they share in the way that is best suited to each. And as the boys grow into young men, they discover in the other a lost spiritual brother, and a link to an unexplored world that neither had ever considered before. In effect, they exchange places, and find the peace that neither will ever retreat from again....
language: English
title: The Chosen
titlecomplete: The Chosen
characters: Reuven Malter, Danny Saunders
genres: Literature, Judaism, Young Adult, Classics, School, Novels, Religion, Historical Fiction, Jewish, Fiction
ratings_count: 92100
places: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York
series: Reuven Malther
awards: awardedAt: -94665600000
name: Edward Lewis Wallant Award, awardedAt: -63129600000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Fiction
publisher: Ballantine