Wonderstruck - My Newberry Pick

Wonderstruck is THE children's book of 2011. When I encountered it I quit reading children's books in my project to predict the Newbery winner. This is it.

Half of the book is a normal story, simply but elegantly written, that tells about a young man who has hearing difficulties. The other half is a graphic novel about a deaf girl. Both are engrossing.

And at the end of the book the two stories converge and each completes the plot of the other. It's brilliant and it's a winner.

2012 No 12