Window or Mirror

I recently re-read the book Wonder, a fiction book written by R.J Palacio about a little boy who has a severe face deformity and is going into middle school. I chose to read this book because I read it once in second grade and I wanted to read it again. Wonder is more of a window for me because I don’t have severe face deformity, I don’t live in New York, I am not in fifth grade, I don’t have a dog, and I do not like Star Wars. I don’t really choose between window or mirror books and I read an even amount of both. When I read graphic novels I normally read mirror books and when I read chapter books I normally read window books.

 One character I feel resembles me in Wonder is Charlotte Cody who shows August Pullman (who has severe face deformity) around the school. She is nice and friendly to Auggie throughout the book but is not friends with him. I feel like I relate to Charlotte because she likes to dance, she has two siblings, and she has lots of friends. Even though Wonder is a window book for me, it is one of my all time favorite books and I would definitely recommend reading it.