My book club picked Wonder for this month of January and I decided to be a good book club member (for once) and actually read the book I’m supposed to, rather than the books that I want to read. I read the entire thing in almost one sitting which means that I was avoiding something else in my life (grading and laundry, I stopped to play with some Shopkins and a certain blond 5 year old who wanted me to hang with her). I Wonder […]
Wonder-filled
“Kinder than is necessary. Because it’s not enough to be kind. One should be kinder than needed.” Wonder is a wonderful story about a boy, August, who was born with severe facial deformities. Numerous surgeries coupled with his parents reservations kept him from being a typical school environment until this year. This year August will attend 5th grade at Beecher Prep. The school principal enlists a few of August’s classmates a few weeks before term starts to show him around. One of those boys, Jack, becomes […]
The wonder of Wonder
I got this book for Christmas (my mom read it last year and recommended it to me). I really liked it. Its about a boy named August (his family calls him Auggie) who has facial abnormalities. We don