Wonder

Written By Tanya Ahmed
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Wonder by Raquel J. Palacio
Reviewed by Tanya
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It’s about a young boy named August (Auggie) Pullman who is born with a facial deformity that prevented him from going to a mainstream school until now. He’s about to start 5th grade (so year 6?) and you can only imagine how hard it is being the new kid. The book is mainly from Auggies perspective but some of it is from the other kids in his life such as his sister Via, Jack and Summer. You get a feel of how each person dealt with an event, especially his sister Via; I was quite impressed with the honesty of his sister's POV. Growing up with Auggie wasn't easy. She felt pushed to the side since Auggie was born. Not that she was angry or jealous that he got all the attention, just a little forgotten. Auggies POV was very honest, he was very aware of the way people viewed him and never missed the “freak” comments. His story was heart-breaking but inspiring. It’s an incredible emotional story, which makes you reflect on your views and reactions/behaviour towards others.
Has anyone read the book or watched the movie? What do you think?

Tanya Ahmed

Soy Tanya. I’m the youngest of the group...and I don’t really know what to say except that I find these things really awkward. When Linda first came to me with this idea of an online bookclub/review page I was 100% down, although I was a little worried and felt like backing out on many occasions as I felt like my reviews were awful - I’m not good with words at all. If anyone was to ask me a year ago how I found a book, I’d reply: “good” - that’s my review done. But being part of this club with such amazing girls has really made me a lot more confident and comfortable. So I’ll forever be grateful. It’s always a laugh when we’re together, we are guaranteed to get side-tracked but our meetings are always productive and a lot of fun. This is just the beginning for us. I like reading all kinds of books from different genres but prefer romance/YA. With work being full on I like feel-good books that are light and easy. I’m currently in the middle of reading a few books lol but sticking to The Zanzibar Wife by Rebecca Rodriquez. Reading for me is a form of escapism, just getting away from the stress of real life and getting lost in book and falling in love with characters. I can’t list my top 5 or even top 10 so here are a few of my all-time favourites: The Sicilian by Mario Puzo To all the boys I’ve loved before by Jenny Han, A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hoseeini, The Forty Rules of Love by Shafa Kelif Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith and Moonlight Over Manhattan by Sarah Morgan.

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