#BookWorm: Wonder

Hello fellow readers,

So many good books have been getting added to my ever-growing list! There are also a lot of book to movie adaptations coming out this year which is changing up my order of what I want to read a little bit. I just finished the book Wonder by R.J. Palacio. The movie for this book is coming out in November and I am so excited to see it! It is about a little boy named August (Auggie) who has facial deformities. He has never been to a real school together. Right before middle school his mom decides that it would be best to send him to school so he can be with other kids. Obviously a lot of kids aren't used to seeing someone with facial deformities, so it was not an easy transition. Wonder takes you through the already difficult for most kids journey of the first year of middle school, but with a kid who has never been to school before in his life.

What I really liked about this book was that it was not only told by Auggie's perspective, it was also told by his family and how they dealt with Auggie's transition from being at home to being in school. I found this book fascinating. It wasn't anything with crazy plot twists or dramatic trends and I think that made it more realistic. It was honestly just reading through Auggie's journey and it was genuinely interesting to read about. I also found myself wanting to learn more about Auggie's diagnosis: mandibulofacial dysostosis, also called Treacher Collins Syndrome. Some cases are more severe than others. It effects 1 in 50.000 people. I had never even heard of this before reading this book, but it is interesting to read about. Especially because it is a genetic mutation. Yes, I'm a nerd for being interested in this but knowledge is power y'all! Overall rating of this book: 9/10. Worth your time!

Have any of you read the book? Are you interested in seeing the movie? The cast is pretty stellar: Owen Wilson and Julia Roberts as the parents and the little boy from Room (Jacob Tremblay) as Auggie. Since Jacob Tremblay did amazing in Room, I am sure that he will do just as amazing in Wonder. Can't wait to keep checking books off of my list!

Thanks for reading with me,
- Olivia :)