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Jan 24, 2016
Astrid Lim
rated it
really liked it
Shelves:
children,
book-club,
inspirational,
special-needs,
contemporary,
family,
middle-grade,
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
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This was like an afterschool special about craniofacial abnormalities. It's a shame, because the story had an interesting topic and characters. But every single thing got tied up with a pretty little bow: dead dog, so sad... new puppy so cute! snobby friend so sad... besties again at the end! mean boy so sad... he hates himself at the end! kid feels like an outcast and totally alienated... gets standing O at the end! I mean really. Was this a children's chapter book that I mistook for a grownup
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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.
Oct 15, 2014
Tracyene
marked it as to-read
Mar 31, 2015
Jocelyn
marked it as to-read
Oct 14, 2018
Lisa
rated it
it was amazing
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Shelves:
intermediate-chapter-book
