want to read; people keep on recommending it to me!! looks good
Wonderstruck (Schneider Family Book Award - Middle School Winner)
By Brian Selznick
| Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grades 4 - 8 | Grades 4 - 8 | W | 5.4 | 26125 |
In this groundbreaking tour de force, Caldecott Medalist and bookmaking pioneer Brian Selznick sails into uncharted territory and takes readers on an awe-inspiring journey.
Ben and Rose secretly wish their lives were different. Ben longs for the father he has never known. Rose dreams of a mysterious actress whose life she chronicles in a scrapbook. When Ben discovers a puzzling clue in his mother's room and Rose reads an enticing headline in the newspaper, both children set out alone on desperate quests to find what they are missing.
Set fifty years apart, these two independent stories--Ben's told in words, Rose's in pictures--weave back and forth with mesmerizing symmetry. How they unfold and ultimately intertwine will surprise you, challenge you, and leave you breathless with wonder. Rich, complex, affecting, and beautiful--with over 460 pages of original artwork--Wonderstruckis a stunning achievement from a gifted artist and visionary.
Ben and Rose secretly wish their lives were different. Ben longs for the father he has never known. Rose dreams of a mysterious actress whose life she chronicles in a scrapbook. When Ben discovers a puzzling clue in his mother's room and Rose reads an enticing headline in the newspaper, both children set out alone on desperate quests to find what they are missing.
Set fifty years apart, these two independent stories--Ben's told in words, Rose's in pictures--weave back and forth with mesmerizing symmetry. How they unfold and ultimately intertwine will surprise you, challenge you, and leave you breathless with wonder. Rich, complex, affecting, and beautiful--with over 460 pages of original artwork--Wonderstruckis a stunning achievement from a gifted artist and visionary.
Publisher: Scholastic Press
ISBN-13: 9780545027892
ISBN-10: 0545027896
Published on 9/13/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Number of pages: 640
Book Reviews (154)
I just finished reading it yesterday and I was like "Wait its over ALREADY?!"
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This book is amazing
Wonder Struck is about a boy who is deaf in one ear and a girl who is completely deaf. The boy's story is told in words and the girls in picture. Set about 50 years apart, the two stories weave together, the boy and the girl both try to belong.
this book was absolutley amazing, i read it when i was seven, best book in the century, 5 star!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am still reading the book but is really good so far
IT WAS SO GOOD AND SO SAD!!!!!!!!!
This book was so sad to me:(:(:(
it actually is pretty sad
its nice because the pictures is kinda one story and the writing is another and they meet up in the end. I really liked it.
OK so I read this book last year and the plot is kind of hard to follow because half of the book is pictures, and if you don't get a part of the book then it is very hard to figure out what is happening for the rest of the story, but other than that its a pretty good book. It is one of those things that you have to already have a taste for.