Praise for Marcelo in the Real World: Winner of the Schneider Family Book Award for Teens An ALA Top Ten Best Book for Young Adults "Brisk, brilliant, unsentimental." -- Robert Lipsyte, The New York Times Book Review [STAR] "Stork delivers a powerful tale populated by appealing (and decidedly unappealing) characters and rich in emotional nuance." -- Kirkus, starred review [STAR] "Shot with spirtualism, laced with love, and fraught with conundrums, this book, like Marcelo himself, surprises." -- Booklist, starred review Praise for The Last Summer of the Death Warriors: A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2010 [STAR] "[An] openhearted, sapient novel about finding authentic faith and choosing higher love."--Publishers Weekly, starred review [STAR] "Stork's latest marks him as one of the most promising young adult authors of the new decade." -- The Horn Book, starred review "Complicated yet ultimately endearing characters are a Francisco Stork standard. His latest novel doesn't disappoint." -- Chicago Sun-Times "An intricate, engaging story, with the occasional parallel to Don Quixote.

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