Problems simply blow over the Peak

        I am reading the book Peak by Roland Smith. It is about a 14 year old boy named Peak in NY who's parents are both outstanding climbers. Peak runs into many conflicts, but seems to have an easy time dealing with things mentally.
        I am only about 80 pages in, but right from the beginning things were already beginning to go badly. The first scene of the book is him climbing up a skyscraper, he gets caught for the first time doing this. He then has to go to court. Something I find interesting is that throughout this conflict, he doesn't seem to freak out too much. A few times the author expresses that he is freaking out, but not as much as you would think. For the most part, he is keeping his cool.
         After the trial, he has to (spoilers coming up) leave NY and live with his dad who he hasn't seen in 7 years in Asia. Neither of them seem to make a big deal about the fact that they are father and son, or that his father has neglected to see his son for the past 7 years. They both act as if they are friends. Next, they make a "stop along the way" at Mount Everest. Peak's dad wants to take him with him to the summit of Mount Everest before he reaches 15, making him the youngest person to ever climb above (some significant height). This would give his dad's climbing company a lot of business, helping it out of debt. Peak comes to the conclusion that his dad is using him, but it doesn't upset him as much as it should. Peak's biological dad isn't trying to still be his father, he knows well enough that he doesn't deserve to be.
         Neither Peak nor his dad seem to have a heavy conscience and don't seem to make a big deal out of things. This isn't to say that Peak isn't ever emotional about things. He has shown the most emotion over leaving his twin sisters in the city; he misses them. The other thing that seems to be beginning to bother him is that another character in the book his age who is his friend (I guess) is always showing him up. I think this is foreshadowing that will lead to a bigger issue. Even with this maybe poking at Peak's mind, he still doesn't get stressed out over it. Peak's problems simply blow over him.