Marcelo in the Real World

A School Library Journal Best Book of 2009 -- Marcelo Sandoval hears music that nobody else can hear. His father, who has never fully believed in the music or Marcelo's differences, challenges Marcelo to join "the real world" by working in his law firm's mail room for the summer. There Marcelo meets Jasmine and Wendell, and learns about jealousy, anger and desire. But it's a picture he finds -- of a girl with half a face -- that connects him with the real world: its suffering, its...
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A School Library Journal Best Book of 2009 -- Marcelo Sandoval hears music that nobody else can hear. His father, who has never fully believed in the music or Marcelo's differences, challenges Marcelo to join "the real world" by working in his law firm's mail room for the summer. There Marcelo meets Jasmine and Wendell, and learns about jealousy, anger and desire. But it's a picture he finds -- of a girl with half a face -- that connects him with the real world: its suffering, its injustice, and what he can do to fight.