This is a novel study report on the book "Something For Joey" by Richard E. Peck. This report takes the basis of a journalist reviewing this book.

Something For Joey

Do you know the true meaning of courage and love? Richard E. Peck has marvelously shown these ideas in Something For Joey (Bantam Young Reader; $7.50). Peck's themes are love, compassion and courage. He describes wonderfully, the true, memorable, compassionate story of courage and love between two brothers.

In 1973, while John Cappelletti was winning the Heisman Trophy as the outstanding college football player in America, his younger brother Joey, John's younger brother, was suffering from leukemia. Something For Joey the true-life story of John Cappelletti, once a professional football player, and his younger brother Joey, a victim of leukemia. Joey is a young child trying to cope with leukemia and has only one hero in the world, his older brother John, who is a football player that attends Penn State. Joey lives to see his brother John, quarter back of the Penn State football team, play and score touchdowns. The Cappelletti had to endure emotional hardships and triumphs as the family goes through with Joey's treatments for Leukemia and his undying love for his brother.

Richard E. Peck is an experienced author in writing books on true stories. Some of his other works include, but not limit: The New Mexico Experience: 1598-1998: The Confluence of Cultures (University of New Mexico, $90) and Final Solution: Doubleday Science Fiction (Out of Print). By reading Something For Joey, you will promptly note the more advanced writing style of this author. His words instantaneously form pictures of the scene in your mind. This attribute in Peck's novels help keeps the reader involved by making the book come alive. This definitely urges you to continue reading this piece of literature. I finished reading the book in less than a day, showing how addictive this narrative is. Few authors that I know of have this ability.

However, Something For Joey still had an inferior aspect. The first setback was that this novel is too easy of a read. The vocabulary is easy enough so that six graders could read. This may not be a hitch, however, I personally enjoy novels that force me to learn new vocabulary. This is more a personal preference. The second glitch is that this story is shorter than you would typically expect from this type of novel. The story paperback didn't end abruptly, however, when I look back at this book, it seems shorter than typical books of this genre. The third and final problem is that this book was a little bit on the boring side. This narrative still had extremely intense moments, however, the rest of the novel had less action. This doesn't mean that this novel is so boring that you shouldn't read it, it just means that when you read this book, be prepared to encounter some boring parts. These are the three main flaws that I saw in this piece of literature.

Still, this novel was extremely inspiring and is definitely worth reading. Even though the story has flaws, it is clearly worth reading. By reading this heart-warming novel, you will surely grow as a person and have a new outlook on life. I ended up crying at the emotional and physical battle Joey puts up with every day of his excruciatingly painful life. This book is a definite read for children and adults of all ages.