Here in the Real World (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780062698957)

From the author of the highly acclaimed, New York Times bestselling novel Pax comes a gorgeous and moving middle grade novel that is an ode to introverts, dreamers, and misfits everywhere.

Ware can't wait to spend summer "off in his own world"--dreaming of knights in the Middle Ages and generally being left alone. But then his parents sign him up for dreaded Rec camp, where he must endure Meaningful Social Interaction and whatever activities so-called "normal" kids do.

On his first day Ware meets Jolene, a tough, secretive girl planting a garden in the rubble of an abandoned church next to the camp. Soon he starts skipping Rec, creating a castle-like space of his own in the church lot.

Jolene scoffs, calling him a dreamer--he doesn't live in the "real world" like she does. As different as Ware and Jolene are, though, they have one thing in common: for them, the lot is a refuge.

But when their sanctuary is threatened, Ware looks to the knights' Code of Chivalry: Thou shalt do battle against unfairness wherever faced with it. Thou shalt be always the champion of the Right and Good--and vows to save the lot.

But what does a hero look like in real life? And what can two misfit kids do?

Author: Sara Pennypacker
ISBN-10: 0062698958
ISBN-13: 9780062698957
Publisher: Balzer & Bray/Harperteen
Language: English
Published: 02/04/2020
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.80w x 1.30d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.5
Point Value: 7
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 506147 / Here in the Real World


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 11/25/2019
Booklist 12/01/2019 pg. 58
Kirkus Reviews 12/15/2019
School Library Journal 01/01/2020 pg. 73
Horn Book Magazine 01/01/2020 pg. 96
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 02/01/2020 - Book Of Special Distinction
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2020 - Superior,Well Above Average