Marcelo, a 17 year old young man with a form of Asperger's syndrome narrates this story about the summer he steps outside of the protective cocoon of his family and special school. Stork does a wonderful job relating Marcelo's at first reluctant journey into the "real world" as he takes a summer job with his father's legal firm. The reader meets a naive but very moral young man whose uncertainties force us to do some tough thinking about values. This would be fine book for discussion in a book club. It is a celebration of one individual's uniqueness and the bravery with which he confronts adulthood.

This is an easy read that has substance. Any reader will find themselves caught up in the continual story and the unique narration. Reader's will laugh out loud and have their hearts touched. Marcelo's story of the "real world", and all the different forms of love he finds in it, is one everyone should hear.