Auggie & Me

Three Wonder stories

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R. J. Palacio: Auggie & Me (2015, Alfed A. Knopf)

Hardcover, 303 pages

English language

Published Sept. 8, 2015 by Alfed A. Knopf.

ISBN:
978-1-101-93485-2
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4 stars (23 reviews)

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Review of 'Auggie and Me' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

Despite my super mixed feelings on [b:Wonder|11387515|Wonder|R.J. Palacio|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1309285027s/11387515.jpg|16319487], Auggie really stuck with me, so when I saw that these novellas were available from the library, I decided to get some closure on Auggie's story. The Julian Chapter immediately took me back to my strongly positive feelings about Wonder: the way in which RJ Palacio captures the nuance of bullies. Not of bullying, but of bullies as people. The way that a ten year old can seriously think "Aw, shucks, but I didn't mean anything by it" as a defense to even terrible actions, which seems unfathomable to most adults. I liked the way that fear informed a lot of Julian's actions, and I liked how his parents were well-intentioned but contributory.

As the narrative of the books shifts away from Auggie and the events in Wonder, they lose a sense of having a center of gravity and become very light …

Review of 'Auggie & Me' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

J'avais été très touché par "Wonder" du même auteur, et ce recueil de 3 nouvelles qui constitue une sorte de spin-off de "Wonder" m'a lui aussi beaucoup plu. Les 3 récits s'intéressent cette fois à 3 personnages secondaires de Wonder et ne concernent pas directement Auggie, mais on retrouve le ton mi-naïf mi-touchant de "Wonder". Joli, en tout cas.

Review of 'Wonder. August & yo' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

This book is lovely. It takes you through the life of a smart young boy with a very 'ugly and deformed' face. Going to school with a face like that brings out the worst and best in people. To be honest, I think everybody will be able to relate to someone in this story.

A beautiful young-adult book. Read it.

Review of 'Wonder. August & yo' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Palacio has a real gift of making her characters' voices so authentic, from Auggie's gentle naivety to his older sister's resigned melancholy of being the ignored sibling. The perspective varies considerably, but the shift between them is never jarring. Some of the perspectives don't really add much to the story at large (Justin specifically), but such intrusions are few and far between.

Review of 'Wonder. August & yo' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

On the inside, August is a normal 10 year old boy. Born with severe facial deformities, he has been home schooled until now. This is the story of his first year at school.

Wonder is told from a variety of first person perspectives, starting with August himself. Things don't seem all that bad from his point of view and as you read on you get the sense that he has really come to terms with how he looks and what people think of him. I was thinking everyone seems far too kind to be real but that is only how he sees it.

It's only when you get to his sister Via's narrative that you are told what August looks like and get a real sense of the reactions towards him. It seems odd that August's condition isn't named and Via goes so far to say it doesn't even have …

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