Peace Like a River

I love this book. I am really enjoying the narration coming from Reuben. Despite the most difficult problems his family faces, he's lighthearted and you can see he doesn't understand the severity of the circumstances. The word choice is simple and engaging making the story flow and the pages fly by. A funny, normal thought is: "The second, I suppose, is that the doctor turned out wrong about he brain damage. I'm happy to say none surfaced until I entered tenth grade and signed up for Plane Geometry; but since I can still feed myself and grind out a sentence in English, you won't hear me complain." And where is mind is in reference to the situation, for example, "Dread landed flopping in my stomach. We'd never had an enemy before, unless you counted Russia." Also, I like the little interjections he has so that way the book isn't all dialog and it's not all details either. For example, "I'm not even sure why I mention him here-it's not as if he pops up late, holding a clue or moral or other momentous piece of story."

It keeps the story not so serious even though the problems and situations are serious.