August is a special boy but not a boy with special needs as he says. He is ten years old and he has a particularity on his face that does not allow to be like the other boys. He was born with a facial deformity, a bizarre illness named genetic disorder characterized by craniofacial malformations.

He lives like a normal boy, playing in the playgrounds, watching Star Wars films, enjoying with his dog and all those stuff that  children  usually do. However, due to this illness, he has been studying at home, overprotected by his parents. But this year, he will start to go at school like the other children.

In the beginning, he feels out of place, although he starts to meet new friends, some of them more sincere and honest than other ones. But all of them  are finding out about the good and sweet August’s bottom, a simple child that just wants to be normal and that with his naturalness and his good sense of humor even joking about himself, he is winning little by little to all his school companions.

In my opinion, it is a very good book. It is a book that makes you think about some important things in your life like friendship, tenderness, sincerity, optimism and effort.

I would absolutely  recommend it.

Abigail Jené Teixidó – 4th Anglès