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And what happens when Bernie Karp, the impressionable fifteen-year-old son of the couple in whose home the rabbi lies frozen, inadvertently thaws out the ancient man? Such are the questions raised in this wickedly funny and ingenious novel by author Steve Stern, who, according to the ... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Bernie Karp: Young Jewish boy who discovers a frozen Rabbi in his basement.
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- Shmerl Karp
- Salo Frostbissen
- Ruben Ben None
- Jocheved
- Lou Ella
- Julius Karp
- Rabbi Ben Zephyr
- Rabbi Eliezer Ben Zephyr
- Cholly
- Ruby
- Esther
- Shprintze
- Marvin
- Yosl
- Madeline
- Ruben Karp
- Mr. Murtha
- Zalman Pisgat
- Iqbal
- Morris
- Baal Shatikah
- Rosalie
- Yehezkel
- Nettie
- Yigdal
- Shulamith
- Levine
- Naftali Kupferman
- Cosette
- Chana Bindl
- Shtrudel Louie
- Mama
- Mr. Frizell
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Sometime during his restless fifteenth year, Bernie Karp discovered in his parents' food freezer -- a white-enameled Kelvinator humming in its corner of the basement rumpus room -- an old man frozen in a block of ice.
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- Steve Stern (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Country: United States
Publication Date: May 11, 2010
ISBN: 156512619X
Page Count: 384
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Country: United States
Publication Date: May 11, 2010
ISBN: 156512619X
Page Count: 384
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- Dewey: 813.54
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