About the B'nai Bagels | 
 enlarge | Creator: E.l. Konigsburg
Publisher: Aladdin
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 179798
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 208
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.1 x 0.7
ISBN: 1416957987
EAN: 9781416957980
ASIN: 1416957987
Publication Date: March 4, 2008
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Mark Setzer has a lot on his mind. He's worried about his upcoming bar mitzvah, and he misses his best friend, who's moved to the rich side of town and started hanging out with the obnoxious kid they used to make fun of. Mark doesn't need the aggravation of his mother signing on to manage his Little League team.But if "Mother Bagel" complicates Mark's life, she's great for the team. Suddenly, they're winning games and headed toward the championship. The problem is, Mark has some information that could change everything, and he doesn't know what to do with it. He's a friend, a teammate, and the manager's son -- can he be all these and still be true to himself?
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 Baseball May 21, 2007
This was a pretty good book. The main idea of the story is baseball and being a jewish boy. It is hard though, for somebody who does not know much about baseball to read this book. E.L. Konigsburg did a great job tying in the part about being a jewish boy preparing for his bar mitzvah and being on a baseball team. Over all, it was a pretty good book.
 About The B'nai Bagels October 28, 2006
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The book wasn' t very good. It wasn't very well writen either. The book is about a jewish boy named Mark who is going to have his Bar Mitzvah. He plays baseball for his temple league and he is on the B'nai B'riths, but they call their team the B'nai Bagels. His mother was the manager of the team, and his brother was the coach. Mark's best friend named Hersch had moved away before the book started. He really only moved far enough away to have to go to a different regular school, but was still on Mark's baseball team, and went to his hebrew school. There were a couple good parts, but nothing was more than a little interesting. Most of the book was boring and just his average life.
A Jewish Boys Hardships March 2, 2005
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Mark Seltzer is a twelve year old boy who is going through preparing for his Bar Mitzvah and playing on his mom's baseball team. Mark loves playing baseball, but he has a hard time in Hebrew school and his social life because he has to worry about so many things. I liked this book because it show what hardships Mark has to overcome in preparing for his Bar Mitzvah and still have a fun time. I also liked this book because it had a lot of baseball in it and I love baseball.
a very good book February 18, 2000
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
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
 One of my favorite books -- EVER December 3, 1999
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
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.
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