From:
maru85@gmail.com
Subject:
About the book for the 1st English book.
Dear
Emily:
I
have a great book to recommend reading: “Wonder” by R.J. Palacio. It isn’t a
graduated book for English learners but I assure you that you’ll find no
difficulty in understanding it and you’ll really enjoy it.
I
chose this book because a friend who works in a bookstore recommended it and
told me its English version had been sold quite well among English students.
The
novel tells the story of August, a boy with a terrible facial abnormality who
is sent for the first time to a real school at the age of ten. He only wants to
be accepted as the ordinary boy he thinks he is, but the outside world can be
very cruel for a kid like him. This novel is told in first person from
different points of view: August; Via, his sister, some of his classmates
(Summer, Jack, Julian) and other people who are connected with August.
It’s
been written by R.J. Palacio, an American designer of book covers who had
always wanted to write her own book. This has been her first novel, and,
curiously, its cover hasn’t been designed by her, but she thinks it’s lovely.
I
strongly recommend “Wonder” because it has some important lessons that we
should always think about: we have to accept ourselves just as we are; we have
to smile even on bad days and, the most important part, we should know that in
the end, we’ll always find a helping hand.
I
hope you’ll make a good choice and read this book. You won’t regret it.
Kindly yours,
Mariana.
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words)
