| Peace Like a River Contributor(s): Enger, Leif (Author) |
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ISBN: 0802139256 ISBN-13: 9780802139252 Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2002 Annotation: Hailed as one of the year's top five novels by "Time, " and selected as one of the best books of the year by nearly all major newspapers, national bestseller "Peace Like a River" is now available in paperback. In "lyrical, openhearted prose" (Michael Glitz, "The New York Post"), Enger tells the story of 11-year-old Reuben Land, an asthmatic boy who has reason to believe in miracles. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Sagas |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 900 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" (0.70 lbs) 320 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 64033 Reading Level: 6.3 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 18.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Leif Enger's debut novel, Peace Like A River, was launched to critical acclaim in 2001 and went on to sell over one million copies. Now a perennial, best-selling American classic, it is at once a heroic quest, a tragedy, and a love story, in which "there is magic... none more potent that Leif Enger's prose" (Newsday). Enger brings us eleven-year-old Reuben Land, an asthmatic boy in the Midwest who has reason to believe in miracles. Along with his sister and father, Reuben finds himself on a cross-country search for his outlaw older brother who has been charged with murder. Their journey unfolds like a revelation, and its conclusion shows how family, love, and faith can stand up to the most terrifying of enemies, and the most tragic of fates. |