This is a book I would happily read again and again and again. I loved it; it’s definitely up there with my favourite books of all time. Where to begin…?
This moving, gripping, fast-paced, sad, happy, hilarious (I could go on for hours) book follows the story of August Pullman, an average ten year old boy with a birth defect. Auggie has never been to a real school before until he decides to join fifth grade, the first year of middle school.
Through this exhilarating story, you learn Auggie’s triumphs, downs and much more of his tough journey through middle school, trying to make it out of fifth grade alive! You’ll laugh, you’ll cry and when you turn the last page over, you’ll want to read it again!
This book is so moving and sad, and I think one of the reasons it has such a magical effect on the reader is because it is told from a range of characters. First Auggie, then Via his sister, then Jack and many more people. This was the first book I have ever cried during.
Even if you don’t normally cry in books, I guarantee you will in this one! This will leave you wanting more…
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