A snow day is the perfect way for me to catch up on something that has been eluding me, curling up with a great novel.

I am real excited to read this one-it is a perfect fit for our current unit of study, Courageous Characters.

 

 

Wonder RJ Palacio

‘My name is August. I won’t describe what I look like. Whatever you’re thinking, it’s probably worse.’

Auggie wants to be an ordinary ten-year-old. He does ordinary things – eating ice cream, playing on his Xbox. He feels ordinary – inside. But ordinary kids don’t make other ordinary kids run away screaming in playgrounds. Ordinary kids aren’t stared at wherever they go.

Born with a terrible facial abnormality, Auggie has been home-schooled by his parents his whole life. 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?

 

I look so forward to discussing this novel with the students who are currently reading this novel and have read it.  Hopefully, the novel discussions will encourage others to read it. 

I will keep you all updated on my thoughts about this novel!

So what are you reading? Any good recommendations?~ We are curious to know! 

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Happy Snow Day!