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Violence
Barely any
A sports injury during a baseball game early on; historical WWII references
Language
None
No profanity
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Barely any
Explores father-son relationships, religious identity, and the pain of silence used as spiritual discipline
What this book is about
In 1940s Brooklyn, Danny Saunders, the brilliant son of a Hasidic rabbi, and Reuven Malter, an Orthodox Jewish boy, form an unlikely friendship after a softball game. Their worlds — the mystical Hasidic tradition and the modern Orthodox engagement with the wider world — are in sharp contrast, and navigating both tests their friendship and their faith.
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A period of silence imposed on a son by his father as spiritual discipline
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