WONDER

Wonder is a book about the history of August’s life.

August is a 10 years old boy who was born with deformities in his face. He needed to have a lot of surgeries but until now his appearance shocks people when they see him. On the other hand, he is an ordinary boy who likes playing Xbox and eating icecream. It’s a fanatic of Star Wars.

August or Auggie, his nickname is from New York. He lives with his parents, Via, his sister and his dog Daisy. He didn’t asist to school but his mum taught him at home.

The book explains his first year in middle school. To explain this, the book is divided in eight chapters and explains the point of view of the differents characters. It starts whith August, continues whith Via and his schoolmates. Finally ends whith August another time.

The chapters are divided in these characters:

Via (Olivia): Is August sister. He loves his brother but she feels that his parents pay more attention to August than her and that makes Via feel sad.

Summer: She is August’s schoolmate. She was the first gisl to seat whith him at lunch and she deffended him a lot.

Jack: He is August’s schoolmate too. He was his first friend at school. He spend a short time with dubts about being his friend because he would like to be in a “popular group” but at the end he prefers to be August’s friend.

Justin: Is Olivia’s boyfriend.

Miranda: Is Olivia’s friend but this year they had a difficult relationship. She is August’s friend too. She met him where he was a baby.

There are more characters that appear during the book but one of the most important ones is Julian. He is one of August’s schoolmates but he is his worst friend at school. He did a lot of things that made August feel that nobody would ever like to be his friend.

In my opinion this book is great, funny and sad at the same time.

It makes people think about people that have problems and how the oder people behave with them. However, there are some points of views of August that made me laught. It’s a book for children and for adults and I think it helps people without “problems” to think and lern how to treat and respect this kind of people.

I found it addequate for our level so I could understood it and for this reason I think I enjoyed it very much. 

Marta Coma