A very light sketch of these events serves as a backdrop for the ordinary lives of Mikey and his friends as they struggle not only to survive the Immortal invasion, but to get through Finals, prom, and graduation. In chapter prefaces through the novel, a background story is explained where the indie kids are always the ones to fight zombies, vampires, ghosts, and in this case, the blue-glowing Immortal invasion of Earth that is pending. While out with Mel, Henna, and Jared in their usual hangout place, the Field, Mikey sees an indie kid being chased into the woods by a smaller kid, after which a strange blue light can be seen. Mikey is envious that Henna seems to have a crush on a mysterious new kid named Nathan, who appears to have formerly been an indie kid.
Mikey himself is best friends with Jared, a gay linebacker for the school football team, who is himself part god and has the power to attract and heal cats and people. When the novel begins, high school senior Mikey is in love with Henna, his sister Mel’s best friend. Mikey struggles through the course of the novel with accepting that he is just an average kid, but comes to realize that his life is important and full because of the friends he has.
The Rest of Us Just Live Here is a young adult fantasy novel by Patrick Ness in which Mikey and his ordinary friends attempt to live as ordinarily as possible in extraordinary times, as the indie kids at school seek to prevent an Immortal invasion.
NOTE: Citations in this study guide refer to the 2015 Harper Teen hardcover edition of The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness.
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