Selznick, B. (2001). Wonderstruck NY: Scholastic.
Ben loses his mother in a car accident and is forced to move in with his aunt and uncle. He was born deaf in one ear and one day while he is trying to communicate with his long-lost father, he loses hearing in the other ear. He runs and makes his way to the American Museum of Art History in New York City. Fifty years earlier, Rose runs away from home to go to go searching for her favorite actor, who we later find out was her mother. The story fastforwards and we realize that Ben and Rose have more in common that we can possibly imagine. Different and artisitc might seem to be confusing at first but everything falls into place.
Beautiful artwork and an enthralling story guarantees that you will not be able to put the book down. The connections that the reader makes as we read leave us wanting to discover more and more and leave us wondering just how much the world is connected.
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