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Topic: Wonder-Amazing kids' book!
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scaredyKat
♀ 25560
Member # 25560 |  Posted: 8:07 PM, March 7th (Thursday), 2013 |     |
I couldn't put this down. The book is about a child with a cranio facial deformity attending middle school for the first time. It is told from the POV of several characters, and truly catches the essence of middle school kids, their cruelty, their kindness and their insecurities. Simply beautiful...
Me-BS-63
HIM-SAFWH-66
Damn autocorrect is responsible for the silly errors, sorry!
Posts: 5977 | Registered: Sep 2009 | From: In my head |
tryingagain74
♀ 33698
Member # 33698 | | Posted: 8:27 PM, March 7th (Thursday), 2013 | |
I LOVED THAT BOOK.
I read it and then gave it to DS #1 to read. It was such a great experience for us-- we had terrific discussions about how the main character was treated and why others felt the way they did about him. I immediately recommended it to basically every person I know who loves reading. I teach HS, but if I taught middle school, I would teach that in a second.
FBS; now happily liberated!
Two DS and One DD
It matters not how strait the gate,/How charged with punishments the scroll./I am the master of my fate:/I am the captain of my soul.--"Invictus," William Ernest Henley
Posts: 4079 | Registered: Oct 2011 |
authenticnow
♀ 16024
Member # 16024 | | Posted: 6:24 AM, March 8th (Friday), 2013 | |
I'm going to look for it. Sounds like something I'd definitely like to read.
“Empathy has no script. There is no right way or wrong way to do it. It’s simply listening, holding space, withholding judgment, emotionally connecting, and communicating that incredibly healing message of “you’re not alone.” ~ Brene Brown
Posts: 54937 | Registered: Sep 2007 |
incredulous
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Member # 16737 | | Posted: 8:19 AM, March 12th (Tuesday), 2013 | |
I loved this book!
me: BW, now 55;
DD now 19 (adopted by me as single mom, so XWH was "Dad")
married: June, 2005, together since July, 2002
d-day: 10/21/07;
Divorced July, 2008 and he never looked back...
Posts: 1216 | Registered: Oct 2007 |
teach5
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Member # 18445 | | Posted: 3:33 PM, March 13th (Wednesday), 2013 | |
Every middle school child and teacher should be required to read this. Thanks for the reccomendation!
Posts: 418 | Registered: Mar 2008 |
MyTurnATL
♀ 28856
Member # 28856 | | Posted: 2:21 PM, May 5th (Sunday), 2013 | |
Our entire middle school read this at the beginning of the year. Teachers read to their homerooms. Kids and teachers really enjoyed it.
“When given the choice between being right or being kind, choose kind.”
^^This was the theme for the year. It really was amazing.
Posts: 466 | Registered: Jun 2010 |
tushnurse
♀ 21101
Member # 21101 | | Posted: 8:13 AM, May 6th (Monday), 2013 | |
Is this a new book? Or is it the book that the movie Mask with Cher did in the 1980's was based off of?
My DD 13 is looking for a new good book.
Me: FBS
Him: FWS
Kids: 16 & 18
Married for 22 years now, was 16 at the time. .
D-Day Sept 26 2008
R'd in about 2 years. Old Vet now.
Posts: 12851 | Registered: Oct 2008 | From: St. Louis |
MyTurnATL
♀ 28856
Member # 28856 | | Posted: 7:55 PM, May 6th (Monday), 2013 | |
Wonder is a new book. I would definitely reocmmend it for your daughter.
Also, if she hasn't read it already, she might enjoy "Hope Was Here" or "Close to Famous" by Joan Bauer
Posts: 466 | Registered: Jun 2010 |
tushnurse
♀ 21101
Member # 21101 | | Posted: 8:02 AM, May 7th (Tuesday), 2013 | |
Great thanks for the rec's. Vacation starts next week, and reading will be a big part of her summer.
Me: FBS
Him: FWS
Kids: 16 & 18
Married for 22 years now, was 16 at the time. .
D-Day Sept 26 2008
R'd in about 2 years. Old Vet now.
Posts: 12851 | Registered: Oct 2008 | From: St. Louis |
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