Book
Peace Like a River
by Leif Enger
- Published
- 2001
- Genre
- Fiction
- Publisher
- Demco Media
- Pages
- 312
- Words
- 109572
- URL
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/227571.Peace_Like_a_River?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_18
Reading measures
- Accelerated Reader level
- 6.3
- AR interest level
- UG — upper grades, 9–12
- Lexile
- 900L
- Suggested reading age
- ages 14–18
- Ambleside year
- Year 11 onwards · ages 16–19
An Ambleside year is a year of the Ambleside Online programme, not a reader's age. Year 0 is its first year, and a book used over several years shows the span. The ages beside it are that band offered two grades up and none down, which is how we offer a band; they are a placement, not a reading measure.
Once in a great while, we encounter a novel in our voluminous reading that begs to be read aloud. Leif Enger's debut, Peace Like a River, is one such work. His richly evocative novel, narrated by an asthmatic 11-year-old named Reuben Land, is the story of Reuben's unusual family and their journey across the frozen Badlands of the Dakotas in search of his fugitive older brother. Charged with the murder of two locals who terrorized their family, Davy has fled, understanding that the scales of justice will not weigh in his favor. But Reuben, his father, Jeremiah—a man of faith so deep he has been known to produce miracles—and Reuben's little sister, Swede, follow closely behind the fleeing Davy.
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9780606260046
- ISBN-10
- 0606260048
Tags
Family LifeReligionUnited States-North DakotaUnited States of America