But even if her country has been ripped apart, Nisha still believes in the possibility of putting herself back together.
The journey is long, difficult, and dangerous, and after losing her mother as a baby, Nisha can't imagine losing her homeland, too. When Papa decides it's too dangerous to stay in what is now Pakistan, Nisha and her family become refugees and embark first by train but later on foot to reach her new home. Half-Muslim, half-Hindu twelve-year-old Nisha doesn't know where she belongs, or what her country is anymore. The divide has created much tension between Hindus and Muslims, and hundreds of thousands are killed crossing borders. It's 1947, and India, newly independent of British rule, has been separated into two countries: Pakistan and India. In the vein of Inside Out and Back Again and The War That Saved My Life comes a poignant, personal, and hopeful tale of India's partition, and of one girl's journey to find a new home in a divided country Auggie is a hero to root for, a diamond in the rough who proves that you can’t blend in when you were born to stand out. Palacio has called her debut novel “a meditation on kindness” -indeed, every reader will come away with a greater appreciation for the simple courage of friendship. In a world where bullying among young people is an epidemic, this is a refreshing new narrative full of heart and hope. "Wonder is the best kids' book of the year," said Emily Bazelon, senior editor at and author of Sticks and Stones: Defeating the Culture of Bullying and Rediscovering the Power of Character and Empathy. These perspectives converge in a portrait of one community’s struggle with empathy, compassion, and acceptance. WONDER, now a #1 New York Times bestseller and included on the Texas Bluebonnet Award master list, begins from Auggie’s point of view, but soon switches to include his classmates, his sister, her boyfriend, and others. Starting 5th grade at Beecher Prep, he wants nothing more than to be treated as an ordinary kid-but his new classmates can’t get past Auggie’s extraordinary face. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse.Īugust Pullman was born with a facial difference that, up until now, has prevented him from going to a mainstream school. The book that inspired the Choose Kind movement. Over 6 million people have read the #1 New York Times bestseller WONDER and have fallen in love with Auggie Pullman, an ordinary boy with an extraordinary face.
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