mass market paperback, 368 pages
English language
Published Dec. 30, 2013 by Black Swan.
'My name is August. I won't describe to you what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse.'
Ten-year-old August Pullman wants to be ordinary. He does ordinary things. He eats ice-cream. He plays on his Xbox. He feels ordinary - inside. But Auggie is far from ordinary.
Born with a terrible facial abnormality, he has been home-schooled by his parents his entire life, in an attempt to protect him from the cruelty of the outside world. Now, Auggie's parents are sending him to a real school. Can he convince his new classmates that he's just like them, underneath it all?
--inside cover
Solid feel-good story with incredibly short chapters and several perspectives. There are a few unanswered questions, and the last major incident a little too convenient, but overall this is a 4 star read. My daughter thinks 4.5 stars; I mostly agree, but round down. My favorite part was the precepts.
The author has released add-on stories, the first as an ebook which I am reading now.
