The Chosen

Two boys. Reuven is an Orthodox Jew, and Danny is a Hasidic Jew. An intense baseball game leads to Danny hitting a ball directly at Reuven; Reuven's glasses break, and a piece of glass goes into his eye. The two boys become friends, despite their differences in belief and despite the differences in their fathers' parenting.

The Chosen, which I had never read before, was recommended to me by my brother as one of his favorite books, and I find it interesting that I, in turn, recommended to my brother My Name is Asher Lev, a book by the same author that is one of my favorite books, and a book that he has never read.

It's a story about friendship, about ways of being a father, about spirituality, and all of these themes are presented in ways that lead us as readers to think deeply about those ideas.