All the Books! discussion

You can't blend in when you were born to stand out.

My name is August. I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse.

August Pullman wants to be an ordinary ten-year-old. He does ordinary things. He eats ice cream. He plays on his Xbox. He feels ordinary - inside.

But 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.

Born with a terrible facial abnormality, Auggie has been home-schooled by his parents his whole life, in an attempt to protect him from the cruelty of the outside world. Now, for the first time, he's being sent to a real school - and he's dreading it. All he wants is to be accepted - but can he convince his new classmates that he's just like them, underneath it all?

Narrated by Auggie and the people around him whose lives he touches forever, Wonder is a funny, frank, astonishingly moving debut to read in one sitting, pass on to others, and remember long after the final page.

Start Date: March 15, 2015

I think I'm going to wait to read this one - I got both of this months reads as e-books so I will finish the Mara Dyer series and then start this one.

Lucy wrote: "I started this on the 15th and finished it the next morning! I'm not the fastest reader so I was kinda like "woah" lol the same happened with the Aristotle and Dante book. Anyway, I really enjoyed ..."

I'm happy you liked it Lucy! I can't wait to start it!

I just started it tonight. I hadn't read anything about this book, not even the summery. So I didn't realize this was told from the kid POV.

I am just under half way on this book, but it is a great story. (view spoiler)[ kids can be so cruel, I understand that, the thing I don't get is Julian's parents. That apple didn't fall far from the tree! At least up to this point I think every child should read this book. Maybe they will have more compassion if they see all the different sides and how their actions can affect someone. (hide spoiler)]

Just finished. Loved this book. (view spoiler)[ People suck. Poor kid can't do anything about his face and the kids think it is ok to play the Plague game just to be cruel. So happy that there were a couple kids that understood that August is just a normal kid. Loved Summer! What a fantastic girl to walk away from the "popular" kids and remain friends. Glad that Will finally realized what he did and came back around. But I loved the camp that they all came together to protect one of their own. (hide spoiler)] Sorry I am just a bit long winded today!

Ahh! I need to start reading! I'm almost finished with Mara then I'll jump in with this one.

Glad you liked it Brandy!

Finally starting today!

Audio or reading? It isn't that long of a book so you will finish pretty quick.

I'm starting this one today too!

Good to hear that you both really liked it Lucy and Brandy :)

I got the ebook version

Loved this!

(view spoiler)[People really can be so horrible. I was surprised about Julian's mother too. It was a big reminder that adults can be just as cruel as kids. She made me so angry! I liked the different perspectives but I do kinda wish there was one from the parents. I guess it was supposed to be all about the kids though. I hope kids start to read this in school!) (hide spoiler)]

Nicola wrote: "Loved this!

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I think this should be on the reading list for schools too. If I could get my niece to read I would buy her this book.

Brandy wrote: "Nicola wrote: "Loved this!

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I think this should be on the reading list for schools too. If I could get my niece to read I would buy her this book."

It really should! I'm halfway now.. love it so far.

Just finished!

(view spoiler)[ People can be really mean. But they can also surprise you! What a great, great story. (hide spoiler)]

RJP has a new book...

Its a different side of the Wonder story.

I am now on the page 101

Jtlong wrote: "I am now on the page 101"

Nice! Let us know what you think!

Sara wrote: "RJP has a new book...

Its a different side of the Wonder story."

well Wonder was great, maybe we should add this one

We can do that. We just need to find a good month now - I think we've got 3 lined up for September, we could add it to then or wait until October.