Wonder (Wonder, #1) in Crazy Challenge Connection

Mar 30, 2013 Joanne rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 5-star, ugly-cry

Everyone should read this book

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Nov 10, 2016 Susan rated it liked it

Shelves: fiction, juvenile, jcms-book-club

I had to get pretty far into this book before I decided I like it ok. For one thing, it was written very simply, as though it was for pre-middle-school students, but it was peppered with unrealistically mature statements. For example, "It's not that I mind being Auggie's sister; I just don't want that to be what defines me." What middle school kid talks (or thinks) like that?! And her younger brother Auggie says something similar.

The story and the characters eventually won me over. In particular ...more

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Mar 01, 2015 Athena Macmillan rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: contemporary-fiction, easy-read, light-hearted, story-with-a-lesson, social-perceptions, child-s-point-of-view, not-for-me, 2015-reads, touching

This book has been receiving critical acclaim and I felt a bit bad for not really liking it. It's about a child with physical deformities from the genetic condition of Kreacher's Syndrome. He has been homeschooled most of his life, and this book takes us through the journey of him starting at a real school, and the ups and downs he faces as a result.

It has all the hallmarks of a fantastic read, but I never really felt it. I didn't believe that this was the voice of an 11 year old as I was readin ...more

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Oct 17, 2017 Jessica rated it really liked it

Shelves: d-favorites, d-recommendations, ya-all-recs, ya-recs-males, ya-xmiddle-grade, ya-recs-realistic-fiction, ya-recs-contemporary, ya-recs-high-interest, ya-recs-disability, ya-zstandalone

4.5 stars. Adorable. Auggie has a facial deformity. Having been homeschooled most of his life due to medical related issues, he is finally entering school for the first time for 5th grade. The story of his first year told through several different perspectives. Also, shows the development and changes his family and friends experience and their perspective on Auggie.

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Oct 24, 2012 Laura rated it it was amazing

Uplifting and grounding, that doesn't happen often. A must-read for every fifth grader and middle-schooler. I can't believe this is the author's fist novel. I laughed and cried as if I was reading it for the first time. ...more

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