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Astrid Lim
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
Lori
Feb 18, 2014 rated it it was amazing
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. ...more
Sarah
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. ...more
Jen
Nov 26, 2015 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: young-adult
A really lovely story about love, acceptance and making the most of what you have.
Kristen Iworsky
Nov 04, 2019 rated it really liked it
Read both Spanish and English versions.
Agatha Donkar Lund
Mar 23, 2012 rated it really liked it
Shelves: young-adult, fiction, 2012
Ali
Oct 05, 2012 marked it as to-read
Grace
Nov 24, 2012 rated it really liked it
SarahC
Jan 09, 2013 marked it as to-read
Katy
May 25, 2013 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: ya, middle-grade
Erin (NY)
Aug 14, 2018 rated it it was amazing
Darci
Mar 30, 2014 rated it it was amazing
Seulky
Jun 11, 2014 rated it really liked it
Shelves: ya-children
Tania
Sep 24, 2014 marked it as to-read
Tiffany
Nov 13, 2014 marked it as to-read
Lorri
Mar 25, 2015 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Lisa taylor
Dec 27, 2015 rated it it was amazing
Christy McKenna
Jan 11, 2016 marked it as children
Shelves: young-adult
Jennifer Eklund
Feb 20, 2018 rated it it was amazing
erin
Apr 19, 2017 marked it as to-read
Katie
Oct 24, 2017 rated it really liked it
Jody Rowan
Dec 11, 2017 rated it it was amazing
Peg
Dec 28, 2017 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Jillian
Mar 19, 2018 marked it as to-read
Colleen Chi-Girl
Jul 19, 2018 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
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