Robert Hoge was born to a suburban Australian family in 1972; he had a large tumor on his face and malformed legs most likely the result of his mother taking medication before she knew she was expecting. At first his mother, who had four other children at home, didn’t want to see her son and considered abandoning her youngest to a Home. Her doctors even recommended it. However, she quickly came around and became a champion for her youngest son. I knew I was ugly. […]
I Wonder About Wonder
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