Ballantine, New York, 1982, reprint.  ISBN 0-449-21344-7.  MMPB, 291 pages.  Unread copy with scar on front wrap from sticker removal.  Traces the friendship of two boys over a period of six years in the 1940s; one an Orthodox Jew and the other an Hasidic Jew.  It offers insight into Jewish tradition and heritage, family relationships and expectations.