Wonder

"Wonder" by R.J. Palacio

Wonder is a book we have in a the intermediate section of our Library. It is also a Beehive Book Nominee in the Children's Fiction category for 2013-14. Ten year old August is an ordinary boy who was born with a severe facial deformity. Because of his deformity and the many surgeries he has had to correct them, he has always been home schooled. But now, he is finally going to go to his first year of school as a fifth grader.

Not only does he have to deal with all the drama of being the new kid in school, he has the added dimension of his exceptional face. We get to tag along as he navigates the halls of his new school, and we find out that there are a lot of good kids, as well as a few not so nice kids that he runs into.

This is an uplifing book that I enjoyed reading.