Who is the narrator, can she or he read minds, and, more importantly, can we trust her or him?
Third Person (Omniscient)
Chomp is told in the third person, and we can see into the minds of our main characters, even some minor ones. The narrator has the power to move us back and forth between scenes, showing us the experiences and perspectives of different characters. As the excitement and intensity build toward the height of the action, we bounce from one character's experience to the next faster, often switching at cliff-hanger moments. It gets pretty darn exciting this way. The way the narrator switches between perspectives also highlights how different the characters are.
Our narrator kindly lets us hear the thoughts of main characters, even giving us little surprises that foreshadow something bad or funny that will happen. For example, when the narrator tells us that Derek, "…was very much looking forward to being poked, stung, scratched, clawed, chewed, and chomped by authentic denizens of the Everglades. And he would get his wish," we know that the action is going to be great (12.128,129). The narrator hooks us with this little line.