Jun 27, 2019 - Uncategorized    Comments Off on When Being Wrong Is The Best Thing Ever

When Being Wrong Is The Best Thing Ever

Okay, so I loved Wonder.  It lived up to the hype, which is no easy task.  But after spending 10 years at Borders (may it rest in peace!), I couldn’t stop myself from worrying that Auggie & Me:  Three Wonder Stories was going to be a case of cashing in on a one-hit, well…okay, I didn’t actually intend the pun, but if the shoe fits…

Anyway.

The thing is, Auggie & Me blew me away all over again.  (Ugh.  I’ll try and stop with the cliches now.)  Julian’s story was possibly my favorite, and I did NOT see that coming; Charlotte’s made me shake my head, alternately wincing and smiling; and Chris’s, well–I hated Chris for the first half of his, but it got better.  (His mom, on the other hand, well–not so much with the authoritative parenting.  I made a lot of faces for a while there.)  This trio gives us a better sense of Auggie’s world, but not Auggie himself, and perhaps that’s its secret; these are other kids’ stories to tell, and they’re worth the telling.  (More cliches.  I’ve decided to embrace it!)

They’re also worth the reading.  If you’ve read Wonder but not Auggie & Me, this ought to be next on your list.  (Fair warning–there are likely to be tears.)

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