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First let me say that I listened to this book, which gave additional voice to the four or five characters that had points-of-view. At times this was great, at others not-so-great. It gave a different dimension to the character of Auggie - a lightly gravelly tone that seemed to have a teeny, tiny bit feminine edge to it that every so often put me off. August has (and will continue throughout his entire life) to see first hand reactions to a face that is grotesque, different, un-beautiful in a wor
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Well written, but sometimes hard to read. Insightful, but not overt. This is the first book of the Golden Sower 2014 nominees my 9 year old daughter and I reading together, and it was moving. We read back and forth to each other, but it took much longer to get through this book. It is a lot to digest. There were a few times when I had to stop and say, "I don't really want to read this next part, I don't want to say these words out loud because they are so awful and distasteful." But of course I
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Ok, like every one else in America... LOVED IT! Wonderful book. You laugh, you cry, you have a good time! Go Auggie! Love the precepts! And love the way the author portrayed Auggie, different on the outside, but just wanting to be ordinary. Great book!
For me, the tone of this book was remarkable. August is 11 and has a severe facial deformity which has required multiple surgeries, home-schooling, and a vast amount of love and support from his parents and older sister. He is about to go to school with other kids for the first time. He is super aware of the effect his appearance has on people. This might sound like a sad story (and it has it's moments), the humor and sensitivity and the authors ability to enable us to feel what the characters a
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If you only read one book this year, this should be the one. If you know a 10 year old, or ever were a 10 year old, this book will produce a huge lump in your throat. It will make you reexamine how you treat everyone around you every day. You will instantly relate the characters to people you know. This book will make you become a better person. I hope that it becomes required reading in every middle school!
I'd heard a lot of buzz about this book and was happy for the opportunity to read it for one of my book clubs. It is a great story with a message about the value of each person, regardless of looks. Great story!
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Exquisite and enchanting. I absolutely adored this story of a middle-school aged child living with a facial deformity.
Great school story!
So very good.
Oct 10, 2012
BunnyDumpling
rated it
it was amazing
Shelves:
realistic-fiction,
school,
family,
new-york-city,
boy-main-characters,
new-kid,
loving-families,
empathy,
cruelty,
deformities
Jun 18, 2013
Nez
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Jul 13, 2014
Christina
marked it as dnf
