![]() ![]() ![]() Pennypackers humane tale is written with straightforward grace and populated with exquisitely layered characters vulnerable, imaginative Wares journey to self. Ware skips rec camp and with Jolene creates a secret castle and papaya garden. The two establish an uneasy truce, agreeing to share the space at a distance, until they must join forces to prevent the intrusion of the real world by way of a looming crisis. Thou shalt be always the champion of the Right and Good-and vows to save the lot. Here in the Real World (Hardcover) By Sara Pennypacker 17.99 Add to Wish List Usually Ships in 1-5 Days Spring 2020 Kids Indie Next List I love how this book centers on a kid who detests Meaningful Social Interaction. As different as Ware and Jolene are, though, they have one thing in common: for them, the lot is a refuge.īut when their sanctuary is threatened, Ware looks to the knights' Code of Chivalry: Thou shalt do battle against unfairness wherever faced with it. Jolene scoffs, calling him a dreamer-he doesn't live in the "real world" like she does. ![]() Soon he starts skipping Rec, creating a castle-like space of his own in the church lot. 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. 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. Ware can't wait to spend summer "off in his own world"-dreaming of knights in the Middle Ages and generally being left alone. From the author of the highly acclaimed, New York Times bestselling novel Paxcomes a gorgeous and moving middle grade novel that is an ode to introverts, dreamers, and misfits everywhere. ![]()
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