Marcelo in the Real World
The paperback edition of one of the most acclaimed novels of the year -- a love story & legal drama that received five starred reviews and multiple honors.Marcelo Sandoval hears music no one else can hear--part of the autism-like impairment no doctor has been able to identify--and he's always...
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The paperback edition of one of the most acclaimed novels of the year -- a love story & legal drama that received five starred reviews and multiple honors.Marcelo Sandoval hears music no one else can hear--part of the autism-like impairment no doctor has been able to identify--and he's always attended a special school where his differences have been protected. But the summer after his junior year, his father demands that Marcelo work in his law firm's mailroom in order to experience "the real world."
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Format: Textbook
ASIN: 9780545054744
Publish date: 01-03-2009
Publisher: Scholastic, Inc.
Edition language: English
Such a powerful novel. Review forthcoming.
Find at the Scott Reads It MARCELO IN THE REAL WORLD BY FRANCISCO X. STORK I had to read this for summer reading for school and I chose this book from a list. Usually I don't enjoy books that my school picks like the Alchemist which I had also read recently. Marcelo Sandoval is a 17 year old...
Nothing particularly wrong with this book, but it was due at the library and I realized I didn't much care if I finished it. I'm glad people are starting to write fiction about autistic characters, but so far they all sound pretty much the same. I get more insights from autobiographical works.
Vacillating between 4 and 5 stars. A beautiful read start to finish--I want to be Marcelo's friend. Complex relationships, a true north compass of right and wrong and the hard decisions we have to make.I laughed, I loved.
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