CATEGORY: REQUIRED READINGThis book follows life of Marcelo, a young boy presumed to be slightly autistic, as he enters the world of law at his father's firm. He learns, as he works in the mailroom about life and love and appropriate behavior, and ultimately, is faced with a series of choices tha...
This book was FANTASTIC--one of my new favorites. Marcelo's perspective gave me a completely new view of autism and what it is like to try to understand the rules of the "real world" in such a different mindset. I loved his view of right and wrong, his wrestles with faith and religion (wrestles t...
REQUIRED: MARCELO IN THE REAL WORLDThis book tells the story of Marcelo, a 17-year-old, Latino-American boy with Aspergers Syndrome. He is high functioning, but evidence of AS is still apparent. His "special interest" is religion, and he constantly studies and references all different kinds. He a...
It was just as well. She needed time to think, to relive the conversation she had with Reverend Soto yet again. He had said the truth required that she consider all the options, that she look at all of them squarely. She leaned her head against the window of the bus and tried to do just that. She...