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  <read_at>Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[My brother Matt suggested this book, and I'm very glad that I read it. (And glad that he was there to fill me in a little more on the history it brings up.) It is very well written, and enjoyable as well as educational. It helped me better understand the Jewish faith and branches of Judaism, the hor...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2732644">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[i was litterally gnna shoot myself when reading this boook. i couldnt evn stand it so i decided to buy the audio version on itunes and that was even worse and cost me like 20 dolllaa. i wass like heyllll nawww im not reading dissss but den i did cuzz i kinda had too. its about a jewish nerd who gets...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4570084">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Jul 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[    Well, I just finished this book last night and I must say I was deeply moved by the whole experience.  I remembered there was a reason I liked it so much back in high school.  I love the relationship  between the two main characters, Danny and Reuven.  They've reminded me that there are definite...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27492053">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Mar 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was required reading for my sophomore-year honors English class; upon reading chapter one, I prepared myself for great disappointment, firstly because the chapter was entirely about baseball (which although I’ve tried to enjoy I can’t seem to get in to, I’m sorry to say), and secondly bec...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22411912">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love how Chaim Potok is able to create a story about so many different things. There are dozens of topics within his books to discuss, enjoy and ponder, but he manages to twist and turn his story, so at its end, you get the Rubik's cube sides all neatly back to the same color.<br/><br/>Like My N...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7897358">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Thu Nov 01 10:45:44 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Nov 01 10:51:19 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Also try The Promise, Davita's Harp, and the Asher Lev books.  I first read these when I was younger, and I still read them over and over.  The relationships in these books are quiet and beautiful, and the stories have a real depth of emotion.  Read Chaim Potok now!    <br/><br/>However, some peop...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8522815">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Think you got a great education? Follow these teenage boys as they learn about one another, their faith and their relationship with their fathers.  The rigorous studying that they do is foreign to today's youth.  A classic in so many ways.]]></body>
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    <location><![CDATA[Portland, OR]]></location>        
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    <body><![CDATA[(...as immature boys won't be able to understand/appreciate a close and beautiful bond between two heterosexual boys)<br/><br/>I loved this book. I read the Asher Lev books in high school and loved them, but this was great in a whole different way. Explicit (although not <em>too</em> 'in your face') theme ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2615042">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="26979057">
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    <body><![CDATA[I should really give this book five stars. I am just not feeling that generous today, but it is deserving of five stars IMO.  Though I read this over four years ago, I continue to think in the reserves of my little brain about the juxtaposition of the two fathers, and their parenting styles. Read th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26979057">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Nov 24 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Danny Saunders was raised in silence to save his soul. His father saw that his mind was so keen that his soul would be lost if there was not some awful tragedy to break his soul into a living space. So his father raised him in silence, never speaking to him until Danny learned to listen to that sile...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36381429">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Mar 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a re-read for me -- last read probably in 1969 0r 1970.  What strikes me now is the description of a lifestyle that has vanished or become part of the great melting pot of America.  (And of the quote of one of the boys in my high school English class, when we read this who said on the homog...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47127822">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Vomit. I just wasn't really into it. I understood it and stuff, I just think there are better books.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The Jewish Talmud exhorts a man to do two things for himself. First, acquire a teacher. The other is to choose a friend.<br/><br/>Danny Saunders got the package deal when he made the acquaintance of Reuven Malter. Theirs is a Jonathan and David friendship, the two-bodies-with-one-soul type of friend...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35341575">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this one on a business trip in the NYC area, and thoroughly enjoyed it.  It's the kind of book I immediately wanted to read again once I finished, but I know I'll have another chance to read another copy ... another day :)<br/><br/>I'm fascinated by the writing in this book.  It's compassio...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39341549">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Potok was one of the giants of my adolescence, and I returned to his work countless times throughout my youth, always with a profound sense of coming home. It is an odd thing that an author whose oeuvre is infused with such a specifically Orthodox-Jewish worldview should speak so strongly to the the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18584130">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Dear Mr. Potek,<br/><br/>You're dead. But since you believe in an afterlife, I feel okay writing to you anyway.<br/><br/>Despite being a finalist for the National Book Award, written about lovingly by critics, lauded across the country and even transferred to the stage, your novel The Chosen is ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18448091">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Summary: This book is about the relationship between to young boys named Reuven Malter and Danny Saunders. They form a special relationship through a nearly fatal accident playing a baseball game. Through this occurence they soon form a special relationship that shows religious value, wisdom, and cu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16714536">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Synopsis<br/><br/>Rather than allowing feelings of hatred &amp; difference to make enemies out of two teenage boys, they choose the harder path of forgiveness and love and in return find an amazing friendship that is strengthened through difficulty and conflict. <br/><br/>My Review<br/><br/>I had ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15913361">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoyed reading this book. I took this one at a slow and steady pace and enjoyed digesting every little bit. I only wish it were more fresh in my mind so that I could say something more meaningful, but I'll just say that it was inspiring and intriguing, and I recommend it to anyone. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoyed this book I had never read it before and it was a great book to read as an adult.  We had a great discussion in our book group and it really made me think about how parents can parent so differently and still get great results.  I know that I need to work more on getting my children...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45511129">more...</a>]]></body>
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