Here in the Real World, Sara Pennypacker
Here in the Real World, Sara Pennypacker
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Here in the Real World

Author: Sara Pennypacker

Narrator: Noah Galvin

Unabridged: 5 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 02/04/2020


Synopsis

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?

About Sara Pennypacker

Sara Pennypacker is the author of the New York Times bestselling Pax and Pax, Journey Home; the award-winning Clementine series and its spinoff series, Waylon; and the acclaimed novels Summer of the Gypsy Moths and Here in the Real World. She divides her time between Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and Florida. You can visit her online at sarapennypacker.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kimberley on February 13, 2020

This is such a good book. This is the kind of book you want every middle school student to read. It's a story about what it feels like to feel unaccepted for who you are and what it's like to feel lonely,...but it's also about understanding that sometimes we may find we want to be alone and what mak......more

Goodreads review by Jessica on April 13, 2021

Heartwarming and quirky without being maudlin or precious, this is a charming story about family, friends, the Chivalric Code, and papayas. Some days I'd like to sit at a bar and have a ginger ale with a slice of orange and have someone listen to my "story."......more

Goodreads review by Amanda on January 21, 2020

I received a copy of this book in a Goodreads giveaway. While there are definitely some poignant moments throughout the story, I don't see this book having a lot of appeal for its target audience. I liked the overall theme of accepting that it's okay to not be like everyone else, but it was presente......more

Goodreads review by spillingthematcha on November 06, 2020

Książki tak pięknej i wzruszającej w swojej prostocie nie czytałam już dawno. Ta historia poruszyła mnie od pierwszych stron i urzekła, do tego stopnia, że długo o niej nie zapomnę. „Realny świat” to niezwykle wartościowa powieść, która pokaże wam jak ważne jest to, aby być sobą. Jest to książka prz......more