The Chosen by Chaim Potok

I have been reading books that The Thomas Jefferson Education has recommended.  TJED is for homeschooling.  I don't homeschool my children but I love that they are very much into teaching your children by having them read the classics.  I like that.  I want my children to grow up with the classics.  I never read the classics growing up so I figure I need to first read them myself. 

The first book I read was Anne of Green Gables.  My aunt bought me this book when I was young.  She bought it because she had red hair and thought I would love it because I have red hair.  I never read it.  I finally did last year and I LOVED it!  It is the cutest funniest book I have ever read.

The second book I read was Little Britches.  If I remember right I takes place in Colorado.  A family moves there an lives on a farm/ranch and live off the land.  VERY GOOD BOOK.

Next I listened to the audio of The Chosen by Chaim Potok.  Another VERY GOOD book. 

This book takes place in Brooklyn, NY.  Set back in the 1940's.  The main characters are about two young boys who meet at a baseball game which they are playing against each other.  Two Jewish boys:  Rueven Orthodox and Danny is Hasid whose father is Rabi of a great Hasidic dynasty. 

What I took out of the book:  The book is basically about two boys that come from two different but a little of the same walks of life and their relationships with their fathers and the two different ways the fathers raised their boys.  It was also interesting to note as the two became best friends how each of their fathers influenced the friends.

A second main point was the decisions these boys faced as they group up as to what they wanted to do with their lives.   Very clean interesting book.

I think the fourth book I will be reading is Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte.  I am going to read Laddie by Gene Stratton-Porter.

What's nice is some of these classics are free or next to nothing on Amazon Kindle.