Ahora tambien una gran produccion cinematografica titulada Wonder, y coprotagonizada por Helen Mirren y Gillian Anderson.
Libro ganador del Premio Sydney Taylor Book Award Winner 2020.
En esta
historia la abuela de Julian le cuenta como ella, Sara, fue acogida por una
familia en un pueblo frances ocupado por los nazis durante la Segunda Guerra
Mundial.
Le explica como fue perseguida por ser judia y como el nino al que todos
rechazaban se convirtio en su salvador y mejor amigo.
Esta desgarradora y conmovedora experiencia demuestra el poder de la
amabilidad para cambiar corazones, construir puentes e incluso salvar vidas.
Como su abuela le dice a Julian: Siempre se necesita valor para ser amable,
pero en aquellos tiempos, esa amabilidad podia costarte todo .
La primera novela grafica de R. J. Palacio tiene un simbolismo tan potente
que es capaz de traernos del pasado un valiosisimo mensaje.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
Now a major motion picture entitled Wonder, starring Helen Mirren and Gillian Anderson!
2020 Sydney Taylor Book Award Winner
Inspired
by her blockbuster phenomenon Wonder, R. J. Palacio makes her graphic novel
debut with an unforgettable story of the power of kindness and unrelenting
courage in a time of war.
I was captivated by White Bird. It tells the hardest truths with
honesty and calm (so that young readers can hear them). R.J. Palacio brings
to life the nature of heroism and the real risks we face today. -Meg
Medina, Newbery award-winning author of Mercy Suarez Changes Gears
In R. J. Palacio’s bestselling collection of stories Auggie & Me, which
expands on characters in Wonder, readers were introduced to Julian’s
grandmother, Grandmere. Here, Palacio makes her graphic novel debut with
Grandmere’s heartrending story: how she, a young Jewish girl, was hidden by a
family in a Nazi-occupied French village during World War II; how the boy she
and her classmates once shunned became her savior and best friend.
Sara’s harrowing experience movingly demonstrates the power of kindness to
change hearts, build bridges, and even save lives. As Grandmere tells Julian,
It always takes courage to be kind, but in those days, such kindness
could cost you everything. With poignant symbolism and gorgeous artwork
that brings Sara’s story out of the past and cements it firmly in this moment
in history, White Bird is sure to captivate anyone who was moved by the book
Wonder or the blockbuster movie adaptation and its message.
