As a junior fiction novel, I didn't expect much of a real story here. Just a kid with a deformity who has to go to middle school, gets bullied, blah blah...
I was soooooooo wrong. I have no idea what caused me to think that. I'm actually kind of ashamed for thinking that at all.
ANYWAY, I loved Wonder from start to finish. It reads kind of like a journal. And yes, Auggie does have to brave middle school where he knows he'll be bullied (and is), but there is just so much more to the story than that. Everyone is given a personality. Pretty much all the characters are well-rounded, since many of them have their own points of view. The story is mainly about Auggie's struggles with Treacher Collins Syndrome, but it's also about his friendships, his classes, and how the others deal with their acceptance of him.
It was a quick read, but I still thoroughly enjoyed it.
As a side note, one of the things I liked most about it is that Auggie and Summer's relationship isn't romanticized. They're just friends, which I believe is just perfect for a middle grade novel.