For about a week before I read this book I was in a reading rut. I had started 4 different books and managed to finish none of them. Nothing appealed to me, nothing made me want to sit down and completely lose track of time while reading. Until Wonder came along. Wonder came across my radar through a NetGalley email. The cover art jumped off the computer screen and then I read the description and was hooked. 
 Each of Palacio's perspectives are so well developed I feel like these are people I actually know. Each character's voice is clear and distinctive. I only wish I could have seen the story through the eyes of one of August's parents (but that would have pulled the book from its middle grades reading level). Palacio does a brilliant job of demonstrating how it isn't always easy to make the right choice. How sometimes we all struggle with making the decision to be kind and empathetic to others. I thought this was going to be a sad, make me cry book but instead it was a joyous, uplifting, make me laugh book(although I did cry once). 
 I appreciated the short chapter formatting of the book. I think that will make it very accessible to reluctant readers. I can't wait to get this book on my library's shelf and start recommending it. 
 Bonus points for quoting Natalie Merchant and great mentions of Diary of a Wimpy Kind, Star Wars, Wizard of Oz, etc.