Peace Like a River

by Leif Enger

Eleven-year-old Reuben Land's father performs quiet, unexplained miracles, and his older brother's flight from the law after a violent act of protection sends the whole family chasing him across the Dakota Badlands. Leif Enger writes with plainspoken warmth and real narrative drive — equal parts crime chase, coming-of-age story, and meditation on faith, with nothing to skip along the way.