num_pages: 504
description: An unlikely friendship between an eleven-year-old Irish Catholic boy and a lonely rabbi from Prague in 1947 Brooklyn has the two opening new windows of understanding with each other but still fighting the prejudices of the day
language: English
title: Snow in August
titlecomplete: Snow in August
genres: Fiction, Historical, Magical Realism, Coming Of Age, Jewish, Adult, Novels, New York, Historical Fiction, Fantasy
ratings_count: 6790
places: Park Slope, Brooklyn, New York, Brooklyn, New York City, New York
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: ALA Alex Award, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Long Island Reads
publisher: Thorndike Pr