- Book Type
- Paperback
- Hardcover
- Digital
- Audible
- MP3 / Audiobook CD
- Author
- Francisco X. Stork
Description from Arthur A. Levine Books
The term "cognitive disorder" implies there is something wrong with the way I think or the way I perceive reality. I perceive reality just fine. Sometimes I perceive more of reality than others.
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 or Marcelo's differences, 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.
Reminiscent of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time in the intensity and purity of its voice, this extraordinary novel is a love story, a legal drama, and a celebration of the music each of us hears inside.
AWARDS:
Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2009
2009 Amazon Top Ten Books for Teens
School Library Journal Best Books for the Year for 2009
New York Times Notable Children’s Book of 2009
NPR.org, Best Young Adult Fiction for 2009
Washington Post Best Kids' Books of the Year
Smithsonian Notable Book of 2009
Booklist Editors’ Choices for 2009
Horn Book Fanfare Book
A YALSA Best Book for Young Adults, 2010
YALSA Top 10 Best Books for Young Adults, 2010
Schneider Family Book Award, 2010
CBC/NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People 2010
2010 IRA Notable Books for a Global Society
Once Upon a World Children’s Book Award
The term "cognitive disorder" implies there is something wrong with the way I think or the way I perceive reality. I perceive reality just fine. Sometimes I perceive more of reality than others.
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 or Marcelo's differences, 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.
Reminiscent of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time in the intensity and purity of its voice, this extraordinary novel is a love story, a legal drama, and a celebration of the music each of us hears inside.
AWARDS:
Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2009
2009 Amazon Top Ten Books for Teens
School Library Journal Best Books for the Year for 2009
New York Times Notable Children’s Book of 2009
NPR.org, Best Young Adult Fiction for 2009
Washington Post Best Kids' Books of the Year
Smithsonian Notable Book of 2009
Booklist Editors’ Choices for 2009
Horn Book Fanfare Book
A YALSA Best Book for Young Adults, 2010
YALSA Top 10 Best Books for Young Adults, 2010
Schneider Family Book Award, 2010
CBC/NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People 2010
2010 IRA Notable Books for a Global Society
Once Upon a World Children’s Book Award