I heard about the book Wonder (by RJ Palacio) a few months ago from a couple of the blogs I follow. Then recently talk of it has popped up on Twitter. I decided I should check it, so I went to Amazon and downloaded the free sample for my Kindle.
Or at least that’s what I meant to do!
In what is sure to be a happy accident, I hit the wrong button and bought the book. I am so glad I did. There is so much to love about this book! It is so moving and touches on topics I feel are so important for middle schoolers. I talked to our media specialist today about seeing if we could make this required reading for all sixth graders! I don’t feel I can really explain it justly, so let me point you toward the two posts that convinced me to read the book:
And if you have read Wonder of if you pick up a copy and read it yourself, please let me know what you think.