UID:
kobvindex_ZLB16313423
ISBN:
9781448119141
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9781448119141
Content:
" Soon to be a major film starring Julia Roberts, Owen Wilson and Jacob Tremblay.'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? WONDER is a funny, frank, astonishingly moving debut to read in one sitting, pass on to others, and remember long after the final page. "
Content:
Rezension(1): "R. J. Palacio lives in New York City with her family and a black dog called Bear. Her critically acclaimed debut novel, WONDER, has sold 5 million copies worldwide." Rezension(2): "Financial Times:When the kids have finished with this, the adults will want to read it. Everybody should" Rezension(3): "Independent:It wreaks emotional havoc . To finish it with a firm resolve to be a better person - well, you can't ask much more of any book than that" Rezension(4): "〈a href=http://www.publishersweekly.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/pw_logo.png alt=Publisher's Weekly border=0 /〉〈/a〉: Starred review from February 20, 2012 Auggie Pullman was born with severe facial deformitiesâ,€no outer ears, eyes in the wrong place, his skin ",elted",#226,€and he', learned to steel himself against the horrified reactions he produces in strangers. Now, after years of homeschooling, his parents have enrolled him in fifth grade. In short chapters told from various first-person perspectives, debut author Palacio sketches his challenging but triumphant year. Though he has some expectedly horrible experiences at school, Auggie has lucked out with the adults in his lifeâ,€his parents love him unconditionally, and his principal and teachers value kindness over all other qualities. While one bully manages, temporarily, to turn most of Auggie', classmates against him (Auggie likens this to becoming the human equivalent of ",he Cheese Touch,",a clever Diary of a Wimpy Kid reference), good wins out. Few first novels pack more of a punch: it', a rare story with the power to open eyesâ,€and heartsâ,€to what it', like to be singled out for a difference you can', control, when all you want is to be just another face in the crowd. Ages 8â,€12. Agent: Alyssa Eisner Henkin, Trident Media Group. "
Note:
Auszeichnungen: Association for Library Service to Children:Notable Children's Books
Language:
English
URL:
https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0211-1/3F2/464/2C/Wonder9781448119141.epub
URL:
https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=3F24642C-6CF9-4E8D-BB78-E0BF096ADDAA&.epub-sample.overdrive.com
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http://voebb.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=3F24642C-6CF9-4E8D-BB78-E0BF096ADDAA
Author information:
Palacio, R. J.
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