Wonder by R.J. Palacio
This extremely quick read was one of my favorite books I read this summer. I think it's one of those books that's a great read for anyone age 10 and older because of the universal truths we all need to be reminded of continuously--it's okay to be different, kindness goes a long way, and family is everything. I basically want to buy all of the copies at Barnes & Noble and pass them out on the streets! (Wouldn't that be so fun?!)
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Goodreads summary:
You can't blend in when you were born to stand out.
My name is August. I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse.
August Pullman wants to be an ordinary ten-year-old. He does ordinary things. He eats ice cream. He plays on his Xbox. He feels ordinary - inside.
But Auggie is far from ordinary. Ordinary kids don't make other ordinary kids run away screaming in playgrounds. Ordinary kids don't get stared at wherever they go.
Born with a terrible facial abnormality, Auggie has been home-schooled by his parents his whole life, in an attempt to protect him from the cruelty of the outside world. Now, for the first time, he's being sent to a real school - and he's dreading it. All he wants is to be accepted - but can he convince his new classmates that he's just like them, underneath it all?
Narrated by Auggie and the people around him whose lives he touches forever, Wonder is a funny, frank, astonishingly moving debut to read in one sitting, pass on to others, and remember long after the final page.
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