Eventually, Marcelo "fails" at his job, by refusing to go along with Wendell's plans. The book deals with Marcelo's friendship with Wendell, who pushes him to do things he doesn't like, and Jasmine, who introduces him to her family in Vermont. Wendell, who is attracted to Jasmine, explains mating to Marcelo, and how attraction feels and works. Wendell, described as a character with "the emotional maturity of an eight-year-old" according to Jasmine, attempts to befriend Marcelo. Holmes, who runs the law firm with Arturo, and his son, Wendell, who is "about three years older" than Marcelo. At the law firm, Marcelo meets Jasmine, who works with him in the mail room. His father, a lawyer, confronts Marcelo about needing experience in the "real world" and Marcelo ends up working at his father's law firm. He attends a school that caters to the needs of special children. Marcelo Sandoval, is a seventeen-year-old who hears music in his head as a result of mild autism, described as a " cognitive disorder" by his father. Published in 2009, this award-winning book tells the story of a summer in the life of 17-year-old Marcelo Sandoval, a boy with Asperger-like characteristics. Marcelo in the Real World is a young adult novel by Francisco Stork.
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