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Arthur A. Levine Books
March 2009
On Sale: March 1, 2009
320 pages
ISBN: 0545054745
EAN: 9780545054744
Hardcover
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Young Adult
Marcelo Sandoval hears music no one else can hear--part of
the autism-like impairment no doctor has been able to
identify--and he's always attended a special school where
his differences have been protected. But the summer after
his junior year, his father demands that Marcelo work in his
law firm's mailroom in order to experience "the real
world." There Marcelo meets Jasmine, his beautiful and
surprising coworker, and Wendell, the son of another partner
in the firm. (cont'd) 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.
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