Get Real

by Mimi Thebo

Artie has everything a boy could possibly want. But beneath the surface, his perfect world is actually falling apart. The story follows Artie as he tries to understand whats really important in life. A third thought provoking novel from this lively new author.Artie has everything. His parents are making a serious fortune for themselves as sports agents, theyve got a dream house with every kind of toy and gizmo a kid could ever desire, and Artie and his younger brother and sister (this twins) go to glamorous parties every weekend in designer clothes, where they hang out with sporting celebrities Oh, and did I mention Arties own phenomenal football ability Hes already got some premiership talent scouts watching him.In spite of all this, Arties miserable. Why Well, he hardly sees his successful parents, never gets to spend much time in their dream home and he and his best mate, Matt, arent getting on so well. In fact, having school days with Matt and weekends with his parents is like living in two separate worlds. Grandad is the only thing that holds these worlds together. But Grandads loopiness is getting worse. And only Artie knowsSet in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, this is a novel about a boy discovering the really important things in life and teaching everyone around him as he learns.

192 pages, Hardcover

First published July 4, 2005

Reviews

[Asiate · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a very good book full of suspense. A 14 year old boy named Artie who you would think has the perfect life celebrity friends, rich parents, skills of a celebrity footballer what more could he ask for. When Artie starts noticing his grandpa forgetting the kettle in the fridge Artie assumes that hes grandpa is losing it. Just when things are getting worst Artie is informed by the cops that someone is planning a kidnap planning to kidnap hes to younger twin sisters Artie has to find some kind of way to watch out for his too younger sibling now that hew is in high school and finishes half and hour after them. He slipped away out of class 2 times but when he runs out of excuses to exit school he thinks of a very good plan to hire a taxi to come pick the twins up after school from across the street and drop them off at a street near there house where Artie would meet them every afternoon. One day after school Artie arrives home with the twins no where to be seen he gos to grandpas house to check if they were there to his surprise the twins weren't there only grandpa gardening in the backyard when Artie asks grandpa where the twins are Grandpa automatically starts blaming his self in tears Grandpa mumbles to himself why did i forget to pick them up. Artie and Dad go looking for the twins they go back home to see if the twins have come back home they stay there for a while and cry in each others arms when the cops come knocking on there door coming to break the bad news to Artie and his father that the twins by the man who was apparently there taxi driver. they bursted in tears 5 minutes later the twins come in through the door explaining why they weren't home on time and that it was because there taxi driver took them to the city and tht the twins did not want to cal in case they might worry the parents.