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.
Ware can't wait to spend summer "off in his own world"--dreaming of
knights in the Middle Ages and generally being left alone. 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.
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. Soon he
starts skipping Rec, creating a castle-like space of his own in the
church lot.
Jolene scoffs, calling him a dreamer--he doesn't live in the "real
world" like she does. As different as Ware and Jolene are, though, they
have one thing in common: for them, the lot is a refuge.
But when their sanctuary is threatened, Ware looks to the knights' Code
of Chivalry: Thou shalt do battle against unfairness wherever faced with
it. Thou shalt be always the champion of the Right and Good--and vows to
save the lot.
But what does a hero look like in real life? And what can two misfit
kids do?