Wonder Book Review 2 - Blake

Wonder

By R. J. Palacio

Retell

August finally started school and his homeroom teacher gave him a folder to do some work in. Everyone was staring at him as he wasn't looking, but when he turned to face them, they all just stared down at their tables. August felt very nervous and was mumbling every word that came out of his mouth until the teacher asked him to speak a bit louder and clearer.

Relate

I can feel how nervous August is because I have experienced being nervous and mumbling, I have also been asked to speak up by the teacher, so I can relate to August's situation at the moment. In the book, August unlocks his lock quicker than the person sitting next to him; I have unlocked a lock quicker than a few other people.

Reflect

Some people in my group think that this book doesn't have much action, I have to admit, I don't think that it does either, but it doesn't mean that I don't like the book. My prediction is that most of the action will come later in the book, I can't wait to read it!!!

Review

I think that by this time, throughout the book the author needed to have described a little bit of August's face, or maybe (hopefully) the author will describe him fully. I noticed that there was a pattern most of the way throughout the book; most of the chapters go for 2 - 5 pages, but I think that the amount of pages in each chapter just keeps getting larger as you go further into the book.

So far I am giving this book a rate of 2 out of 5!!!