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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.

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.

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Marcelo in the Real World has 16,655 ratings and 2,645 reviews. karen said: first, some blathering. it is, after all, me...i understand why writers li...

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A thinly veiled fictionalizing of Mishima's own childhood, our protagonist Kochan grows up a "sickly," weak boy (unexplained physical disability) whose grandmother keeps him from the other boys because she's worried for his safety. Kochan comes of age in WW2/post-war Japan and realizes that his health is not the only thing that makes him different than the other boys. As he comes to terms with his sexuality and feels he can't possibly exist in his society, Kochan puts on a mask of being okay and straight while slipping into a deep depression.

This is a great book and has lots of applicability to students, especially LGBT and those struggling with mental health issues. But, Mishima captures depressive thoughts/fantasies about death pretty effectively so I'd only recommend for mature students, late HS.
-Chris

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modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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The story of a man coming to terms with his homosexuality in traditional Japanese society has become a modern classic.Confessions of a Mask tells the story of Kochan, an adolescent boy tormented by his burgeoning attraction to men: he wants to be "normal." Kochan is meek-bodied, and unable to par...

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"Shawn McDaniel's life is not what it may seem to anyone looking at him. He is glued to his wheelchair, unable to voluntarily move a muscle—he can't even move his eyes. For all Shawn's father knows, his son may be suffering. Shawn may want a release. And as long as he is unable to communicate his true feelings to his father, Shawn's life is in danger.

To the world, Shawn's senses seem dead. Within these pages, however, we meet a side of him that no one else has seen—a spirit that is rich beyond imagining, breathing life."
https://www.harpercollins.com/9780064472135/stuck-in-neutral/

recommended grades 7 and up

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Book about the daily life and challenges faced by Joey, a boy dealing with hyperactivity and ADHD. Recommended grades 3-6.

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Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key - Book Review

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Sympathetic, realistic portrait of boy with ADHD. Read Common Sense Media's Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key review, age rating, and parents guide.

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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime

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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime

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High School level
Novel about a boy with autism that investigates the mysterious death of a neighborhood dog.

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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

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A bestselling modern classic-both poignant and funny-about a boy with autism who sets out to solve the murder of a neighbor's dog and discovers unexpected truths about himself and the world.Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American ReadChr...

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the reader (movie tie-in edition) (vintage international)

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modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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The Reader (Movie Tie-in Edition) (Vintage International)

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Hailed for its coiled eroticism and the moral claims it makes upon the reader, this mesmerizing novel is a story of love and secrets, horror and compassion, unfolding against the haunted landscape of postwar Germany.When he falls ill on his way home from school, fifteen-year-old Michael Berg is r...

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Cinda brought this book to class

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Perfect Chaos has 550 ratings and 73 reviews. Karen said: Currently reading... I want to pause to write down my thoughts. It's breaking my heart, it's hi...

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Read-aloud or book club for 4th-5th graders

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Discover and share books you love on Goodreads.

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Armond goes to a party by Nancy Carlson and her friend Armond Isaak.

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Armond goes to a party by Nancy Carlson and her friend Armond Isaak.

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K-1