About the B'Nai Bagels

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Summary: a very good book
Review: I would give this book About the B'nai Bages four out of five stars. It was really interesting. I never wanted to put the book down. I really liked this book. I think I liked this book because I like sports. I think this book is a lot like Bearstone. It teaches you to never let anything friendship get in the way of your friendship. It also reminds me of Outsiders because they all stick together. The gang in the Outsiders knows that friendship is the most important, but it takes Mark a while to realize that friends are the most important thing. I would recommend this book to teenagers who like to read, because it shows the meaning of friendship

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Summary: Religion and baseball combine to teach a boy life lessons
Review: Jewish religious practice and littleleague baseball are not major league (poor pun) items in Australia. Discovering more about these elements attracted me to this book as I have never read any works by Konigsburg before. It is the tale of a young boy (Mark) preparing for his "coming of age ceremony" and his love of baseball. His brother(Spencer) almost made the state championship as player in the B'Nai Team. We witness the inner turmoil of Mark as his mother becomes the team manager and his brother becomes the team coach and on top of that he must complete his Hebrew studies. It is a terrific story about little league basebase and growing up in a loving, caring, modern jewish family, I only wish there was a little more description about the baseball games played by the B'Nai Bagels.

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Summary: One of my favorite books -- EVER
Review: This is a touching and loving portrayal of a Jewish kid who has to put up with an over-achieving older brother, his best friend moving away, and -- horror of horrors -- his mother becoming his baseball team's manager. While he prepares for his Bar Mitzvah, he is faced with several challenges and choices, which -- though minor in the scheme of things -- help him learn about himself and what it means to become an adult. The story is told with gentle and self-deprecating humor. I first read this book when I was 10, I read it most recently when I was 39, and I have given it to my 10 year-old daughter.