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Wonder (Wonder, #1)

R.J. Palacio

Finish date: January 24, 2015

Why we're reading this: Story about a young boy with a facial disfigurement. All about bullying and friendships and being smart a…more
[close] Story about a young boy with a facial disfigurement. All about bullying and friendships and being smart and fearless. Suitable for all ages. Would be a great way for parents to get their kids to open up about bullying and would be an excellent school or book club for young children or teens.

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Jan 24, 2016 Astrid Lim rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: family, contemporary, children, inspirational, special-needs, middle-grade, book-club, disability

I love this book! It's a wonderful story of August, a child who has "different" face- and try to adjust to his new life at regular school, after all those years of being homeschooled. The story is very inspiring, packed with emotional scenes, realistic characters and the most important thing: flowing dialogues. Seriously, I've read many middle grader books lately that have too childish or too mature conversations inside. But RJ Palacio could immerse easily into the middle grader lives. Love love ...more

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Sep 27, 2013 Carly Thompson rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: childrens, listened-to-on-audio, 2013, school-stories

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Jul 17, 2012 Molly rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: debut-novel, kid-lit, bullying

A really great read about a young boy going to school for the first time starting in 5th grade due to a childhood full of surgeries. Kindness is a main theme and chapters are told by the viewpoint of different characters. I really enjoyed this one.

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Aug 09, 2013 Donna rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: children, teen

Good story about the shifting morass that is middle school. August "Auggie" Pullman has been homeschooled because of profound cranio-facial abnormalities, but his parents decide before the start of fifth grade that it's in his best interest to attend a regular school.

Multiple narrators (including some of his new classmates) relate his struggles to adjust to middle school. Many of these - where to sit, who to talk to, what to wear, which hobbies to emphasize or hide - are ones common to any midd ...more

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