Thou shalt be always the champion of the Right and Good-and vows to save the lot. The Queen’s Gambit is playing out in real life in Maine, where a custodian is coaching his schools’ chess teams to national acclaim. Most books start at the beginning, its clear, its logical, its a tried and tested formula. But when their sanctuary is threatened, Ware looks to the knights' Code of Chivalry: Thou shalt do battle against unfairness wherever faced with it. Here in the Real World by Sara Pennypacker is a real treat. As different as Ware and Jolene are, though, they have one thing in common: for them, the lot is a refuge. Jolene scoffs, calling him a dreamer-he doesn't live in the "real world" like she does. (Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.) Rating Seller Rating: Book Description Condition: New. Soon he starts skipping Rec, creating a castle-like space of his own in the church lot. Here in the Real World Pennypacker, Sara Published by Balzer + Bray (2020) ISBN 10: 0062698958 ISBN 13: 9780062698957 New Hardcover Quantity: 1 Seller: GF Books, Inc. 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 Pax comes a gorgeous and moving middle grade novel that is an ode to introverts, dreamers, and misfits everywhere.
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