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I loved Marcelo In The Real World by Francis X. Stork and had high expectations for his new YA novel. I think he can capture the awkward male adolescent voice in a really unique way - in 'Marcelo', through the perspective of a young man with Asperger's syndrome, and here, through the perspective of a 17-year-old on the verge of giving up on himself and turning rotten to the core. Both Marcelo and Pancho are Mexican-Americans too, and I just don't remember having read many books about this signif
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May 18, 2012
Meghan
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Chantal
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