Hey Pencilore fans! Today I will be reviewing R.J Palacio’s three emotional stories to add to the original ‘Wonder’ book.

I hope you value my opinion and follow this book review! Let’s start with the plot:

The book explores Auggie’s first time, after being home-schooled for years, at a new school. It flicks through different people’s views, and explains events in as many ways as possible.

Auggie & Me adds a few more views to the storyline of the lives of Auggie and his friends. I read the book quickly, and loved every single second of it.

The three stories included in this collection are from different points of view; Julian’s (the guy who bullied August), Christopher’s (his childhood best friend) and Charlotte’s (one of his schoolmates). It is really quite interesting the way everyone sees things his or her way. Is Julian a bully? Is Christopher right to hide Auggie from his new friends? Is Charlotte ‘nice’ enough to August?

The first story, Julian’s Chapter, is about Auggie’s school bully, Julian, and his point of view. For him, he hasn’t been bullying August, instead August has been stealing his friends, giving him nightmares and terrorising his reputation in the schoolyard.

The second story, Pluto, is from August’s best friend Christopher’s way of seeing things. He grew up with Auggie, so his face isn’t anything weird to him. He only first realised that his friend was anything different to every other kid his age when he was four years old, and from there he was in a sort of pickle – be loyal to his life-long friend or be teased mercilessly by his new school friends?

The third story in this collection is called Shing-A-Ling, and is written from the opinions of Charlotte, a girl who was chosen to introduce August to his new school. It examines her social life, and the different decisions she made, some of them relating to August’s school life.

This is why I recommend Auggie & Me to a range of audiences, yet I will say that the book is specifically targeted for those who are 11 – 14 years old. I would also recommend ‘Wonder’, the debut of R.J.Palacio, and the basis for these three entirely separate stories which give the views of characters over certain points in the original book where they may have absent in.

I hope you enjoyed my review! – Pencilore:)