Description: At private school, Lucas compares his home life with the supposedly perfect lives of the other students.
Review Quotes: Praise for El lugar perfecto
A Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year in Spanish "Explores themes that are sometimes difficult to explain to children . . . Presents child-friendly themes with nuance, such as how "fairness" and "perfection" do not necessarily equate. Its lesson is that identity, joy, satisfaction, and love are most often found in imperfect spaces. The text is also important for instruction in higher-level Spanish language vocabulary, using inference and the examining of story arc." --School Library Journal, starred review