"This is a book for teenagers but this is also a book that every adult should read. And maybe the world would become a better place." This is written on a back of the book and I agree with it. Wonder is a beautiful book about acceptance, friendship, love, it's a "funny, frank, astonishingly moving debut to read in one sitting, pass on to others, and remember long after the final page."
August wants to be an ordinary ten-year-old. He does ordinary things - eating ice cream, playing on his Xbox. He feels ordinary - inside. But ordinary kids don't make other ordinary kids run away screaming in playgrounds. Ordinary kids aren't stared at wherever they go. Born with a terrible facial abnormality, Auggie has been home-schooled by his parents his whole life. Now, for the first time, he's being sent to a real school - and he's dreading it. All he wants is to be accepted - but can he convince his new classmates that he's just like them, underneath it all?
The story is told by August, but also by his sister Via and her boyfriend Justin, by August’s’ school mate Jack, his friend Summer and by Via's friend Miranda. The translation in Slovene is also great which is the work of Boštjan Gorenc - Pižama (so far I really like all of his translations).
“Kinder than is necessary. Because it's not enough to be kind. One should be kinder than needed.”
“Courage. Kindness. Friendship. Character. These are the qualities that define us as human beings, and propel us, on occasion, to greatness.”
“The best way to measure how much you've grown isn't by inches or the number of laps you can now run around the track, or even your grade point average-- though those things are important, to be sure. It's what you've done with your time, how you've chosen to spend your days, and whom you've touched this year. That, to me, is the greatest measure of success.”
The nail polish was a gift from my friend, brought to me directly from USA. It’s Lucky from Victoria's Secret and I wouldn't say that is particularly good. Here you can see two coats, but three coats wouldn't be too many. The application is not the easiest, but it's manageable. The polish is very runny, so I had a bit of problems with that.
Have a great day :)
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