Chapter 10 Summary

Danny and Reuven spend nearly every day of the first month of summer together. Reuven plays baseball and studies Talmud with his father. Danny studies Talmud in the morning by himself or with his father, Reb Saunders. Reuven, Reuven's father, and Danny meet at the library in the afternoons.

Reuven asks Danny to come over for dinner, but Danny declines. Later Reuven learns that Danny couldn't eat at Reuven's house due to Hasidic beliefs. Danny, Reb Saunders and Reuven would discuss Talmud on Shabbat afternoons. Danny always finds his father's purposeful mistakes.

Reuven and his father follow the war. Reuven adds to his collection of war maps and they listen to the war broadcasts. Reuven's father continues to write articles and he has to travel to Manhattan for research. During this time, Reuven goes alone to the library and meets up with Danny...