Francisco X. Stork Boeken

Marcelo Sandoval has autism and has always attended a special school, an idyllic, protected place. But the summer before high school, his father demands that Marcelo works in his law firm's mailroom in order to experience "the real world". There Marcelo meets Jasmine, beautiful and surprising, and Wendell, the self-satisfied son of another partner in the firm. He learns about competition and jealousy, anger and desire. But it's a picture that he finds in a file - a picture of a girl with a terrible injury - that truly connects him to the real world: its suffering, its injustice, and his place in it.

In "The Memory of Light," Vicky Cruz awakens in a mental health ward after a suicide attempt, questioning her survival. Surrounded by unique peers and a supportive doctor, she begins to reconsider her life. As a crisis threatens her progress, Vicky must find her own strength to navigate recovery and embrace life.

To escape the violent cartel that is after them in Ciudad Juárez, siblings Sara and Emiliano flee across the border, seeking a better life in the United States and hoping to bring their pursuers to justice, only to discover that an even greater danger awaits them.

Marcelo Sandoval, a 17-year-old boy on the high-functioning end of the autistic spectrum, faces new challenges, including romance and injustice, when he goes to work for his father in the mailroom of a corporate law firm.

Seventeen-year-old Pancho is bent on avenging the senseless death of his sister, but after he meets D.Q, who is dying of cancer, and Marisol, one of D.Q.'s caregivers, both boys find their lives changed by their interactions.

"You think you're better than everyone else? Listen to me, I'm going to kill you." Hector has always minded his own business, working hard to make his way to a better life someday. He's the chess team champion, helps the family with his job at the grocery, and teaches his little sister to shoot hoops overhand. Until Joey singles him out. Joey, whose older brother, Chavo, is head of the Discípulos gang, tells Hector that he's going to kill him: maybe not today, or tomorrow, but someday. And Hector, frozen with fear, does nothing. From that day forward, Hector's death is hanging over his head every time he leaves the house. He tries to fade into the shadows - to drop off Joey's radar - to become no one. But when a fight between Chavo and Hector's brother Fili escalates, Hector is left with no choice but to take a stand. The violent confrontation will take Hector places he never expected, including a reform school where he has to live side-by-side with his enemy, Joey. It's up to Hector to choose whether he's going to lose himself to revenge or get back to the hard work of living.

Two sisters discover what's truly worth living for in the new novel by the author of the critically acclaimed "Marcelo in the Real World."

Four months ago Sara Zapata's best friend disappeared, kidnapped by the web of criminals who terrorize Juarez. Four hours ago Sara received a death threat -- and with it, a clue to the place where her friend is locked away. Four weeks ago Emiliano Zapata fell in love with Perla Rubi, who will never be his so long as he's poor. Four minutes ago Emiliano got the chance to make more money than he ever dreamed -- just by joining the web. In the next four days, Sara and Emiliano will each face impossible choices, between life and justice, friends and family, truth and love. But when the criminals come after Sara, only one path remains for both siblings: the way across the desert to the United States.

Marcelo Sandoval slyší hudbu, kterou nikdo jiný neslyší. Je to jeden z projevů psychické poruchy podobné autismu, kterou trpí. Celý dosavadní život chodil na školu pro žáky se speciálními potřebami, ale toto léto se jeho otec rozhodl, že musí poznat skutečný svět a zaměstná ho ve své právnické firmě. Marcelo poznává, co je to zrada, zklamání, žárlivost, hněv i touha a láska, a učí se s tím vším vyrovnávat. Tento jedinečný příběh je příběhem o spravedlnosti i krutosti světa kolem nás a o tom, že každý z nás může někdy zaslechnout hudbu své duše.