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Such a wonderful story, for any age. Loved it. You should read it. Yes, you.
It's not often that my twelve-year-old insists that I read one of his books. It's far more common that he just reads a book over and over and eventually I become curious and borrow it for a bit. Yet for Wonder he insisted. Kept bringing it to me, multiple times. Would pick it up when it was near me and search it for a bookmark to see if I'd started yet.
Of course I gave in.
I have a lot of feelings about the movie adaptation that I saw WAY too soon after reading the book, but I will try to focus o ...more
Of course I gave in.
I have a lot of feelings about the movie adaptation that I saw WAY too soon after reading the book, but I will try to focus o ...more
Read this for a teaching methods class. I think our professor wanted to drive home that we're not just teaching conjugations and vocabulary, we're implicitly and explicitly teaching young people how to be. And maybe she wanted to give us a break from all of the research articles and methods textbooks.
I really liked the way the narratives overlapped just enough that we could see different points of view of a few key events, but left enough gaps for us to fill in. It's a much more interesting book ...more
I really liked the way the narratives overlapped just enough that we could see different points of view of a few key events, but left enough gaps for us to fill in. It's a much more interesting book ...more
I did not actually read, I listened to the audiobook with my 6 year old son. I LOVED it, the reading was brilliant, we both loved it so much and probably will listen to it again. A beautiful book to listen to with a sensitive kid, and have discussions about what kind of person you want to be in this world.
Richly-layered characters, a story that will crack the toughest of exteriors, and laughs and tears (holy balls, the tears -- Minne was giving me extra kitty cuddles and antics because of the excessive heaving, choking sobs). For anyone who has ever survived the fifth grade!
I listened to the audiobook. I really enjoyed how they used different voices for the different character sections. I hope the movie is at least half as good as the book. I just want to give August a big old hug. Highly recommend this one to people of all ages.
A middle school novel with a sweet message: Be kinder than is necessary.
Nov 18, 2013
Mary
rated it
it was amazing
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review of another edition
Shelves:
juvenile-chapter-books
Feb 19, 2014
Susanne Clower
rated it
really liked it
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Shelves:
fiction,
middle-school-fiction
Jun 02, 2014
Colleen
rated it
it was amazing
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Shelves:
all-time-favorites,
young-adult-books
