| Reality Check | |
| Author: | Peter Abrahams |
| Genre: | Young adult fiction |
| Published: | 2009 |
| Publisher: | HarperTeen |
| Isbn: | 978-0-061-22766-0 |
| Pages: | 336 |
| Awards: | Edgar Award for Best Young Adult (2010) |
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]