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Wonder By Raquel J. Palacio
• I wished that the movie showed every thing that happened in the book. The book was different wen the movie. The movie didn’t put the part with the hearing aids in the movie. It also didn’t put the part where they got a new puppy. I prefer the movie.

Should you read the book then watch the movie, or should you watch the movie then read the book? Some folks will tell you the book is always better than the movie. Those same people may even judge you if you read the book after seeing the movie. However, I am not one of those folks. Read then watch. Watch then read. As long as you are reading, you really can’t go wrong! You do you! Speaking of books turned into movies, the amazingly moving book “Wonder” by Raquel J. Palacio has been turned into a film, releasing on November 17. “Wonder” is the story of a boy named Auggie who has been homeschooled for most of his life due to a number of surgeries he had as a young boy. When he hits fourth grade, his parents decide to put him in public school, but his surgeries have left him with scars that draw unwanted attention from his new classmates.
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Reserve a copy of “Wonder” at your library now (or after you’ve seen the movie)!I won’t describe what I look like,” 10-year-old Auggie says on the first page. “Whatever you’re thinking, it’s probably worse.” Instead, we get to know him by hearing his thoughts about his family, and his fears of going to school for the first time after being home-schooled by his mom, and the stories of his heartbreaking attempts at making and keeping friends over the

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