Hi! I’m Julia. I’m 8 years old and I live in New Jersey with my family. I love school, love reading, and absolutely LOVE R. J. Palacio’s books (She wrote the Wonder series.). One day, I was asked to write a review about Wonder. I was excited because I enjoyed to get other people to start loving Wonder. Before I watched the movie, I had read the book so many times I lost count. When I heard the book was made into a movie, I was surprised, shocked. Then I realized this was a good thing. I thought this was a good thing because it would bring the true meaning to the whole world. I thought the movie would be as wonderful as the book. I was right. The beautiful setting, the characters that could tell a story alone, were all awesome！
Wonder is a great, emotional story about a boy with a facial difference. He was given a hard time because of the way he looked. He found a way of being kind to survive the whole school year. It was his first, but now we know it won’t be his last.
His name is August (Auggie) Pullman, and he has found a space in our hearts. He was TRULY kind, and indeed he got his reward in the end.
August taught me when given the choice of being right, or being kind, choose kind. It means that you CAN say everything you know about someone or something (secrets, lies, etc.), and no one is going to stop you. However, you need to determine what the kinder choice is.
The next moral I learned was never giving up being sympathetic to others, and others will be kind back eventually. For example, August was joking that the UglyDoll toys were inspired by him, and told this to a girl called Maya in his class. She had never noticed him, and decided he was supposedly nice. She noticed this, gave him a chance, and they quickly became friends. Maya spread the word and people DID give him a chance after that.
The book unfolded from different points of view. For example, August’s sister Olivia (Via) learned how to be a good, caring sister. Jack Will learned how to be a good friend to someone unusual like Auggie. Summer Dawson learned how to accept being friends with someone with a facial difference while being kind for the whole school year. Miranda, Via’s ex-best friend, discovered that lies would take you down further. So be who you are and be kind. Justin, Via’s boyfriend, learned that he could deal with August’s look and understood who August is.
My favorite parts of Wonder were when Auggie was funny. He is so, so, so, funny! For example, he doesn’t mind joking about what he looks like, and he tells positive jokes about the future.
He was a kind boy, and what he did will make a difference in the world, and we shall not forget him. Be a happy person and live the life of someone who believes this wonder child. So, if you do, you would find it enjoyable to read this friendly novel, watch the stupendous movie, and believing that, you can be whatever you want to be.