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Dec 14, 2014Chapel_Hill_TishaW rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
If you liked Wonder by R. J. Palacio, you will also enjoy this bittersweet middle grades story about a 10-year-old half-Caucasian, half-Korean boy named Albie living in New York City. Albie's parents are wealthy and successful but Albie is an underachiever at school both academically and socially. Albie gets a leg up in accepting himself and embracing life creatively through his new babysitter Calista. The tense relationship between Albie and his dad as well as the bullying he endures is painful to read but also realistic. Albie's ability to overcome "the things I don't know" is a message of hope to kids struggling to prove themselves worthy of love everywhere.