Questions About Marcelo in the Real World

by Francisco X. Stork (Goodreads Author)

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Can someone tell me if this is better than ''The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time''?

JaneHerbst This is a different type of child, with a different level/type/functioning level, and with an understanding that grows through the book. While Asperge…moreThis is a different type of child, with a different level/type/functioning level, and with an understanding that grows through the book. While Asperger's isn't the exact diagnosis, the term autistic spectrum reaches a long distance to both ends. Marcelo is a high functioning 17 year old who can explain himself but doesn't always understand language that doesn't fall into a standard phraseology.(less)

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does it have bad parts for minors?

Philipp Keller it has a few very explicit and vulgar conversations about sex, especially one towards the end of the book in a conversation with the father of Jasmine

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