Fiction
WonderPRC
R.J. Palacio
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Year 3 / 4 / 5 / 6
Themes
friendship · kindness · identity · overcoming-adversity
Skills
empathy · inference · multiple-perspectives · theme-analysis
Difficulty
Medium
Pages
320 pages
Description
August Pullman is born with a facial difference and starts school at age 10. The book rotates through six narrators — August, his sister, a new friend, his sister's boyfriend, an old friend, a new acquaintance — building a 360-degree view of how kindness propagates.
中文版
August 生来面部畸形,十岁第一次去上学。书以六个叙述者轮流推进 — August、姐姐、新朋友、姐姐的男友、老朋友、新认识的同学 — 用 360 度视角描绘"善意"如何传开。
Parent's call · SparkRoute editor take
For Year 3-6 across all temperaments. If your family has discussed bullying, this is the natural next step. Read alongside the film, not instead of it.
中文版
Year 3-6 所有性格的孩子都适合。如果家里讨论过 bullying,这本是自然的下一步。可以书+电影一起,不要只看电影。
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