David and Max

By Gary Provost and Gail Levine-Provost

Book Overview

Twelve-year-old David takes his basketball along on summer vacation, hoping to find a court and some friends at the beach community. Whatever happens, he knows that he can count on Max, his grandfather, for good times and lots of laughs. He finds much more. Unexpectedly, David and Max, along with David's new friend Candy, become caught up in a search for a man Max thought had died in the Holocaust. Slowly, David learns about Max's terrible years during World War II, information that Max had never intended to tell. As he comes to terms with Max's horrific memories, David grows to understand more about the meaning of honesty--and about himself.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0827608373
• ISBN13: 9780827608375
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: Jewish Publication Society
• Length: 185 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 10 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 5 and higher

Customer Reviews

Great Book

Great and moving book about family and legacies and friendship. And it was delivered very promptly.

David & Max

This beautiful book, originally published in 1988, has been newly updated and revised. None of the compelling style of the original edition has been lost. On the surface, this is a story of a special relationship between a 12-year old boy that loves basketball and his grandfather, Max. The two share many experiences together. In reality, it is also an opportunity, through Max and David's shared experiences, to make the Holocaust real and to create real people living rich and full lives prior to the coming of the Nazis. On a vacation to coastal Massachusetts, Max thinks he has seen an old friend who he thought had been killed during World War Two. David is the only one who believes that Max may be correct, and attempts to help him find this friend, whose art is exhibited in a local gallery. While they are attempting to locate his grandfather's old friend, David begins to learn about the Holocaust and about his grandfather's background for the first time. This book is replete with wonderful values of friendship and family and honesty, and serves as an introduction for preteens to this horrific period in Jewish history. The revised edition has several updates, which succeed in making the story more appealing to contemporary readers. For instance, David has seen the documentary, Paper Clips, which had not been created twenty years ago. Highly recommended for ages 10-13.