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	Pennypacker, Sara. HERE IN THE REAL WORLD New York, NY : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020] IL 5-8 ISBN: 978-0062698964.
Click on the book to read Amazon reviews	Ware’s ultra-efficient and opinionated mother has arranged for him to spend the summer at the community center Rec, having Meaningful Social Interactions – but Ware, whose passions are solitude and medieval history, instead slips across the street to the grounds of a ruined church. There he meets prickly and suspicious Jolene, who is planting a papaya garden on the abandoned ground. The two form a bond – and Ware begins to convert the shattered building into his version of a medieval castle. Their imaginary kingdom can’t survive – but Ware learns to accept himself and others, and all ultimately discover that though the real world can be bleak, there are still kind people and heroes in it.  (Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, 2022)
	SUBJECTS:   Introverts -- Fiction.                         Camps -- Fiction.                         Friendship -- Fiction.

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