Reality Check (novel)

{{Short description|Book by Peter Abrahams}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2017}}

{{Infobox book

| name = Reality Check

| image = Reality Check (book).jpg

| author = Peter Abrahams

| genre = Young adult fiction

| published = 2009

| publisher = HarperTeen

| isbn = 978-0-061-22766-0

| alt = Reality Check

| pages = 336

| website = {{URL|https://www.harpercollins.com/9780061227684/reality-check|Reality Check}}

| awards = Edgar Award for Best Young Adult (2010)

}}

Reality Check{{Cite web|url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5323360-reality-check|title=Reality Check|publisher=Goodreads|access-date=1 March 2017}} is a 2009 young adult suspense novel written by Peter Abrahams.{{Cite web|url=http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/reality-check-peter-abrahams/1100717574|title=Reality Check|last=|first=|publisher=Barnes & Noble|language=en|access-date=1 March 2017}}{{Cite news |last=Reese |first=Jennifer |date=June 23, 2009 |title="Cultures Clash In Twisty Mystery For Young Adults" |work=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/2009/06/23/105803011/cultures-clash-in-twisty-mystery-for-young-adults}} It was published on April 28, 2009, by HarperTeen (an imprint of HarperCollins).{{Cite web|url=https://www.harpercollins.com/9780061227684/reality-check|title=Reality Check – Peter Abrahams – Paperback|last=Abrahams|first=Peter|publisher=HarperCollins US|language=en|access-date=1 March 2017}} The book won the Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Novel in 2010.{{Cite web|url=http://theedgars.com/awards/category-list-best-young-adult/|title=Category List – Best Young Adult {{!}} Edgars Database|website=theedgars.com|language=en-US|access-date=1 March 2017}}

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.{{Cite web |author=Staff Writer |title=Book Review: 'Reality Check' |url=https://www.jacksonville.com/story/entertainment/books/2010/05/16/book-review-reality-check/15945843007/ |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=The Florida Times-Union |language=en-US}}{{Cite book |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/peter-abrahams/reality-check-2/ |title=REALITY CHECK {{!}} Kirkus Reviews |language=en}}