Title:Wonder
Author: R.J Palacio
Wonder tells the story of August, a ten-year old boy who lives
with his parents and sister in New York. August, or Auggie as his family
call him, is an ordinary boy in many ways. He rides a bike. He play ball, he eat ice cream. But Auggie was born with deformities of the face and looks very different from other kids.
My name is August,by the way.I won't describe what I look like.Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse.
Auggie is far from ordinary. Ordinary kids don't make other ordinary kids run away screaming in playgrounds. Ordinary kids don't get stared at wherever they go. Clues are slowly dropped about his craniofacial abnormality. He is
described as having "a mushed-up face" at birth. He eats "like a
tortoise" because of surgery to repair a cleft palate that has left a
hole in the roof of his mouth. His eyes come down too far, he has cheeks
"that looked punched in". What he hates most is his ears, which are
"like tiny closed fists".
Auggie’s had 27 operations on his face and has spent a lot of time in
hospital. His mother has taught him at home, but now that he’s ten, she
thinks he should go to school. At first, Auggie hates the idea of school and doesn’t want to go. He
worries that other kids will look at him strangely or call him horrible
names after sometimes he say yes to school.
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Wonder is an excellent book bringing the most inspiring story. A lot of morale that I can learn from this book. The power of friendship, the test of one's character. Courage. Kindness. Friendship. Character. These are the qualities that define us as human beings and propel us on occasion to greatness. They also have filming this book.
If they stare,let them stare, You can't blend in when you're born to stand out
