It also tells the story of his family, friends, and everyone else who impacted his life. The story doesn’t only follow Auggie through his experiences at school. Wonder is an exceptional resource through which children can learn these critical traits while enjoying an entertaining story. These are traits that are not so easily learned and take time to cultivate as kids mature. It can be difficult sometimes for young kids to be compassionate and empathetic. I strongly beleive it gives a brilliant insight on valuable traits that I still use and find to be very important in my life.

I read it first in fifth grade, and I still consider it to be one of my favorite books. This book changed my life, challenged me to think about how I treat others and caused me to practice valuable traits like compassion, empathy, and kindness. It details his struggle of living with his deformity and his journey through middle school.

Wonder is a beautiful novel about August (Auggie) Pullman, a boy with Treacher Collins Syndrome, a genetic condition that affects the development of bones and other tissue in the face, as he begins school for the first time in fifth grade. Whatever you’re thinking, it’s probably worse.” This is a line from the first chapter of Wonder by R.J.

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