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Book Condition: New
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ISBN: 054505690x / 9780545056908
Seller: Charity Bookstall

United States
About Item: New York: Scholastic, 2011. 8vo size trade paperback; 312 pages Signed by author on fep From back: "Marcelo Sandoval hears music that nobody else can hear - part of an autism-like condition that no doctor has been able to identify. But his father has never fully believed in the music of Marcelo's unique perception of reality, and he challenges Marcelo to work in the mailroom of his law firm for the summer...to join "the real world." There Marcelo meets Jasmine, his beautiful and surprising coworker, and Wendell, the son of another partner in the firm. He learns about competition and jealousy, anger and desire. But it's a picture he finds in a file - a picture of a girl with half a face - that truly connects him with the real world: its suffering, its injustice, and what he can do to fight." We had the privilege of meeting the author and having this book signed for us at an author event. It was a small group, mostly teenagers and their parents. The author formed us… Read More
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