Title Profile & Character Information

Marcelo in the Real World
Annotation
Marcelo is not ill. He is different. But he lives in a world thatstruggles to understand him. He's spent his childhood at an exclusiveschool, but now Marcelo is seventeen - and his father is forcinghim to spend a summer interning at the family law firm. Hemust learn the rules of the real world.
Awards
2009  Publishers Weekly Best Children's Books
2010  Schneider Family Book Awards
2009  School Library Journal Best Books of the Year
2009  New York Times Editors' Choice

Characters
NameSandoval, Marcelo
GenderMale
OccupationStudent

GenreYoung adult fiction
TopicsEmotions
Fathers and sons
High school students
Jobs
Love