{"product_id":"the-chosen","title":"The Chosen","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\"\u003e\n \u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\"\u003e\n  \u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA coming-of-age classic about two Jewish boys growing up in Brooklyn in the 1940s, this “profound and universal” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e) story of faith, family, tradition, and assimilation remains deeply pertinent today.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e“Works of this caliber should be occasion for singing in the streets and shouting from the rooftops.” —\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n    It’s the spring of 1944 and fifteen-year-olds Reuven Malter and Danny Saunders have lived five blocks apart all their lives. But they’ve never met, not until the day an accident at a softball game sparks an unlikely friendship. Soon these two boys—one expected to become a Hasidic rebbe, the other at ease with secular America—are drawn into one another’s worlds despite a father’s strong opposition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n    Set against the backdrop of World War II and the creation of the state of Israel, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Chosen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a poignant novel about transformation and tradition, growing up and growing wise, and finding yourself—even if it might mean disappointing those you love.\u003c\/span\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Calyboom","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51466087661848,"sku":"B01BCEPO58","price":51.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0921\/0229\/5832\/files\/81YjQS7UPaL._SL1500.jpg?v=1766323319","url":"https:\/\/www.calyboom.com\/products\/the-chosen","provider":"Calyboom","version":"1.0","type":"link"}