num_pages: 368
description: “A superb mirror of a place, a time, and a group of people who capture our immediate interest and hold it tightly.” — The Philadelphia InquirerYoung Reuven Malter is unsure of himself and his place in life. An unconventional scholar, he struggles for recognition from his teachers. With his old friend Danny Saunders—who himself had abandoned the legacy as the chosen heir to his father's rabbinical dynasty for the uncertain life of a healer — Reuven battles to save a sensitive boy imprisoned by his genius and rage. Painfully, triumphantly, Reuven's understanding of himself, though the boy change, as he starts to approach the peace he has long sought…
language: English
title: The Promise
titlecomplete: The Promise (Reuven Malther, #2)
characters: Reuven Malter, Danny Saunders
genres: Jewish, Religion, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Judaism, Novels, Young Adult, Literature, Classics, Fiction
ratings_count: 13483
series: Reuven Malther
publisher: Anchor