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Jan 24, 2016
Astrid Lim
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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
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Feb 18, 2014
Lori
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it was amazing
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Wow! Loved this book. I had heard an interview with the author on NPR back in the fall and couldn't wait to read it. It's about a fifth grade boy who has multiple genetic malformations of his head. He is described by haters as an orc, a burn victim, a freak, you name it. The story shows us how important kindness is to make it through times of hardship kindness, even it takes a while to figure that out. I can't wait until our mom-dot book club can read this.
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I really liked this book even though I found the ending implausible. It's nice to believe that kindness would win in the end, but middle school rarely works that way.
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A really lovely story about love, acceptance and making the most of what you have.
Read both Spanish and English versions.
Feb 07, 2016
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Katie
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