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TWO SISTERS Kate is bound for college and an M.D. - if her family will let her go. Mary wants only to stay home and paint. When their loving but repressive father dies, they must figure out how to support themselves and their mother - who is in a permanent vegetative state - and how to get along in all their uneasy sisterhood. THREE MENThen three young men sway their lives: Kate's boyfriend Simon asks her to marry him, offering the girls some much-needed stability. Mary is drawn to Marcos though she fearsnbsp; his violent past. And Andy tempts Kate with more than romance, recognising her ambition because it matches his own. nbsp;ONE DECISION Kate and Mary each find new possibilities and darkness in their sudden freedom. But it's Mama's life that might divide them for good - the question of IF she lives and what's worth living for.

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

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

Praise for Marcelo in the Real World: <p>Winner of the Schneider Family Book Award for Teens<p>An ALA Top Ten Best Book for Young Adults <p> Brisk, brilliant, unsentimental. -- Robert Lipsyte, The New York Times Book Review <p>[STAR] Stork delivers a powerful tale populated by appealing (and decidedly unappealing) characters and rich in emotional nuance. -- Kirkus, starred review <p>[STAR] Shot with spirtualism, laced with love, and fraught with conundrums, this book, like Marcelo himself, surprises. -- Booklist, starred review <p>Praise for The Last Summer of the Death Warriors: <p>A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2010 <p>[STAR] [An] openhearted, sapient novel about finding authentic faith and choosing higher love. --Publishers Weekly, starred review <p>[STAR] Stork's latest marks him as one of the most promising young adult authors of the new decade. -- The Horn Book, starred review <p> Complicated yet ultimately endearing characters are a Francisco Stork standa

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Francisco X. Stork is the author of Marcelo in the Real World, winner of the Schneider Family Book Award for Teens and the Once Upon a World Award; The Last Summer of the Death Warriors, which was named to the YALSA Best Fiction for Teens list and won the Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award; Irises; and The Memory of Light, which received four starred reviews. He lives near Boston with his wife. You can find him on the web at www.franciscostork.com and @StorkFrancisco.

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