高居纽约时报畅销榜5年，连续140周排第一！2015年时代杂志推荐给未成年人的最优秀百部小说之一。硬心肠的我在飞机上看电影不顾形象眼泪涟涟。必须推荐。

Wonder is a book by RJ Palacio centered around the story of a boy named August Pullman. August, or Auggie as everyone calls him, is ten years old。 He is ordinary in every way, enjoying ordinary things, talking like an ordinary kid. But he doesn’t look ordinary. He was born with distorted facial features that either scared or disgusted by people around him. Because of this, he can’t go to regular school and has been homeschooled by his mom. The story starts when he is about to join middle school, as he has to blend into society as a grown-up boy, and his mom has to go back to her own career.

Aussie生来脸部变形，人人见了他都害怕，从小只在家里跟妈妈一起学习，现在就要去上中学了，他的家庭和他自己都非常紧张，故事就是从这里展开的。

As expected, when he goes to school, he causes a stir. Kids and teachers alike stare at him, and one boy, Julian, goes so far to start leaving mean notes in his locker and to spread a nasty game where anyone who touches him has to wash their hands, otherwise they’ll end up looking like him. Auggie is very upset. But he is smart, and a tough boy, and he tries to make friends.

一个有生理缺陷的男孩子在中学里受到了来自方方面面的好奇和惧怕不说，还被其他男孩子欺负。在这样的环境里你是躲起来，还是勇敢做你自己，小英雄Aussie有自己的办法。

Thankfully, Auggie wins friendship from his new found friends Jack and Summer in school. And he gradually wins more respect from other kids as he has a big heart internally and they begin to see his personality, not just his looks. Luckily, he has his family to stand by him as always whenever he feels lost and sad.  They encourage him to be brave and stand tall, and Auggie does.

听上去，这是一个线索简单，有关突破自我的励志故事，但是，绝不仅仅如此。能够把我这么硬心肠的都弄哭了的一定另有原因。Aussie 经历的只是这本小说的主要线索。

Wonder begins from Auggie's point of view, but soon switches to include the perspectives of his classmates, his sister, her boyfriend, and others. As a community, everybody lives in and has his or her own struggle that others probably cannot see from outside. We only see a fragment of a whole person.

这才是这篇小说感人置身的原因。每个人都有自己的挣扎，自己的故事，和自己看到的事实，那并非全部。所以由此，引出了这篇小说真正想说的。

This book’s message is to always be kind. Kindness can help people get through so much. The kindness shown to Auggie, to his family, has helped him get through so much. Wonder emphasizes the fact that one small act of kindness can make a big difference in the lives of others, and that we always have the ability to choose kind.

Very well said, this book teaches us what is empathy, compassion, friendship, and ultimately, what is kindness.