Free Choice: Personal Effects 1

I chose this because the protagonist,  Matt, has to decide whether to serve in the military after his 'in the closet' brother's death in Iraq, something we've been discussing in my Sunday School class in terms of conscientious objection. I'm curious to see how the author juggles the multiple heavy issues this book attempts to tackle- will it be a message poorly disguised as a story, or a story that happens to have a message? I'm inclined to think the latter, since the idea of Matt running away from home to deliver his brother's last unsent letter hints at more of an adventure story than a purely moral struggle.