Reality Check[1] is a 2009 young adult suspense novel written by Peter Abrahams.

[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.