WONDER.......

  WONDER.......

by Cassandra Wijaya

During this term, our purple literacy group in 5ST, has been reading an interesting and stimulating book called WONDER by R . J. Palacio.

RETELL: 

This book is about a boy named August who is not an ordinary ten years old. August has an older sister named Via. August does do ordinary things but he is unique. You probably wondering what's so unique about August? Well I guess you would know, if you were being stared at and seeing little kids screaming and running away from you. You might guess it, the unique thing about him is his face. He does not look like you or me, his face looks a little strange.

His parents are always trying to protect him but they still want him to go to school. August never goes to school as he is always home schooled by his mum. The reason he doesn't want to go to school is because he feels uncomfortable with his face and is scared that some kids will judge him. He has two or three surgeries per year because he has some small anomalies on his face since he was born.

August's world feels like coming to an end when he has to go to school, until he meets the Principal Mr. Tushman.

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As August is scared about his looks he does not want to go to school. I can imagine that he is embarrassed. I have seen a movie where this girl also refuses to go to school because of her spiky hair.

I can relate to this when my face had a sunburn after swimming on the weekend, I was terrified to go to school on Monday and was begging my Mum to stay home or home schooled. Of course, she didn't agree with me & I still had to go to school that day.

REFLECT:

My reflection is why is the book called "Wonder"? Maybe because it makes us wonder what exactly August looks like or how August might wonder how he would feel if he went to school a long time ago instead of being home schooled.

 

REVIEW:

I like the book a lot because it's funny and entertaining, especially when the dad makes jokes of the Principle named Mr. Tushman. This book touches my heart that I learn not to judge people from their outside appearances. Just like we are not to judge the book by its cover.  What's truly important is the inside or personality of the person. Beauty comes from within.