Runt the Brave Book

First of all, I must say--Thank you, friend Kendall, for giving me this amazing book! And, thank you Daniel Schwabauer for writing it...and in doing so, transporting me to another world.
The world of Tira-Nor.

A extraordinarily minuscule field-mouse by the name of JaRed (pronounced Jare-ed) resides in an underground city of mice along with his family, Mother, Father, the twins Berry and Merry...and HaRed, his brother who despises him.
In the city of Tira-Nor, he lives the life of a commoner, teased because of his size--and the only one in his family, indeed, in the entire city, who still believes in ElShua and the Great Owl. (ElShua is their God.)
Then one day, while out scavenging for food, he discovers a nasty plot whispered by RATS...they plan to seize control of Tira-Nor!
And thus JaRed, or "Runt", is plunged into an adventure bigger than in his wildest imagining--he kills a cold-hearted snake, and is claimed to become King of Tira-Nor (although there is already an heir to the throne), makes HaRed hate him even more...and is promoted into the King's fources--for "a war is coming. And it smells of rats."
And then the WAR begins.

This was an absolutely fantastic book! At first, it took me some time to "get into" it, if you know what I mean--not that the beginning wasn't SLOW,the story began with a blur of action and character background, which I love--but in the beginning my mind continued to halt, freeze up, wander...But then, that ceased and all was well...XD
I LOVED this book!
It was defiantly, brilliantly written; the chapters flowed into one another, and so did the characters thoughts...However, at times I DID wonder why it wasn't written in first person?
Well, Daniel Schwabauer did such a great job ANYWAY that it almost didn't matter, he seemed to get into the character's heads just perfectly...I also loved the chapter illustrations.
I will defiantly, most surely, be reading the next one!!