 Magnifico's world is filled with a cast of characters in need of his special gifts of hope, of determination, of love.There's the grief-stricken man who mourns for his mother; two feuding shop owners; the crabby old woman who runs the mortuary; his elder brother, who has a crush on a wealthy girl; his little sister, who wants to get out and experience the world, but cannot walk; and even his own ailing grandmother, who worries that the family won't be able to afford a proper burial for her when the time comes.That's a pretty tall order for just one boy.