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Snow in August is a 2001 film based on a novel by Pete Hamill about a boy and a rabbi in 1947 Brooklyn. The film explores themes of friendship, prejudice, and Jewish folklore, and received positive reviews and Emmy nominations.
May 1, 1997 · Snow in August is a historical fiction book set in Brooklyn in 1947, featuring an Irish Catholic boy and a Jewish refugee. The book explores themes of friendship, magic, and the Holocaust.
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Set in Brooklyn in 1946, the novel follows a Catholic altar boy and an Orthodox rabbi who become friends and face anti-Semitism and violence. The rabbi teaches the boy how to summon the Golem, a mythical creature that can protect them, and the boy uses it to stop their enemies in August.
Snow in August (1997) is Pete Hamill’s eighth novel. In this story, protagonist Michael Devlin, an eleven-year-old boy, struggles to understand the death of his father in World War II as...
A historical fiction about an unlikely friendship between an Irish Catholic boy and a rabbi in Brooklyn, 1947. Listen to the audiobook for free with a trial or buy the Kindle book and get a discount on the audiobook.
Dive deep into Pete Hamill's Snow in August with extended analysis, commentary, and discussion
Jun 11, 2013 · Snow in August is a historical fiction book about an unlikely friendship between an Irish Catholic boy and a Jewish rabbi in Brooklyn, New York, in 1947. The book explores the themes of prejudice, miracles, and baseball in a postwar America.
- Pete Hamill
