Marcelo in the Real World - Couverture rigide

Stork, Francisco X.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1407121014 ISBN 13 : 9781407121017

Editeur : Scholastic, 2012

Synopsis

Marcelo Sandoval has autism and has always attended a special school, an idyllic, protected place. But the summer before high school, his father demands that Marcelo works in his law firm's mailroom in order to experience the real world.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

Stork introduces ethical dilemmas, the possibility of love, and other real world” conflicts, all the while preserving the integrity of his characterizations and intensifying the novel's psychological and emotional stakes. Not to be missed.” -- Publishers Weekly, starred review

Stork delivers a powerful tale populated by appealing (and decidedly unappealing) characters and rich in emotional nuance.” -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review

Writing in a first-person narrative, Stork does an amazing job of entering Marcelo's consciousness and presenting him as a dynamic, sympathetic, and wholly believable character." -- School Library Journal, starred review

It is the rare novel that reaffirms a belief in goodness; rarer still is one that does so this emphatically.” -- Horn Book, starred review

Shot with spirtualism, laced with love, and fraught with conundrums, this book, like Marcelo himself, surprises.” -- Booklist, starred review

[I]n the skillful hands of Francisco X. Stork, 17-year-old Marcelo Sandoval is the bravest, most original hero I've met in years [A] brisk, brilliant, unsentimental novel ” -- New York Times

Part coming-of-age story, part mystery and wholly compelling ” -- Washington Post

While several recent books have used the conceit of an autistic protagonist, this thoughtful novel full of complicated characters is unique.” -- Chicago Sun-Times

Stork has written a beautiful study of the loss of innocence, as the questions Marcelo confronts are ones everyone has to grapple with in some form or other ” -- Los Angeles Times

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Marcelo Sandoval has autism and has always attended a special school, an idyllic, protected place. But the summer before high school, his father demands that Marcelo works in his law firm's mailroom in order to experience "the real world". There Marcelo meets Jasmine, beautiful and surprising, and Wendell, the self-satisfied son of another partner in the firm. He learns about competition and jealousy, anger and desire. But it's a picture that he finds in a file - a picture of a girl with a terrible injury - that truly

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Scholastic
• Date d'édition: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1407121014
• ISBN 13: 9781407121017
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 320