What is the narrator point of view in the novel, Abe Lincoln Grows Up?

The narrator speaks from the perspective of third person omniscient. He is externally focalized, looking through a lens into the past. The narrator is able to express the thoughts and feelings of certain people, like Abe’s parents, but the narrator knows the most about Abe. Sometimes, the narrator enters free indirect discourse when narrating Abe’s thoughts. For example, when he asks the question, “His father—would he be like his father when he grew up? He hoped not” (144). Free indirect discourse is used to connect the narrator closer with Abe than with any other people in the biography. The narrator brings the reader swiftly into Abe’s mind by adopting his voice.