Reality Check
Reality Check
AuthorPeter Abrahams
GenreYoung adult fiction
Published2009
PublisherHarperTeen
Pages336
AwardsEdgar Award for Best Young Adult (2010)
ISBN978-0-061-22766-0
WebsiteReality Check

Reality Check[1] is a 2009 young adult suspense novel written by Peter Abrahams.[2][3] It was published on April 28, 2009, by HarperTeen (an imprint of HarperCollins).[4] The book won the Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Novel in 2010.[5]

The story follows Cody Laredo, the 16-year-old high school football star of a small town in Colorado, who is dating the beautiful and intellectual Clea Weston. Things begin to go wrong when Cody suffers a sports injury, putting his athletic future in jeopardy. Then, Clea's wealthy parents - against her relationship with Cody due to his poor grades and working-class background - send her away to a private boarding school in New England. Cody finds out from a newspaper headline that Clea has disappeared from her school in Vermont, and has been declared missing. With only a letter Clea sent him before her disappearance, Cody travels to Vermont to find her.[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ "Reality Check". Goodreads. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  2. ↑ "Reality Check". Barnes & Noble. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  3. ↑ Reese, Jennifer (23 June 2009). ""Cultures Clash In Twisty Mystery For Young Adults"". NPR.
  4. ↑ Abrahams, Peter. "Reality Check – Peter Abrahams – Paperback". HarperCollins US. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  5. ↑ "Category List – Best Young Adult | Edgars Database". theedgars.com. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  6. ↑ Staff Writer. "Book Review: 'Reality Check'". The Florida Times-Union. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
  7. ↑ REALITY CHECK | Kirkus Reviews.


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