RIF's 60th Anniversary Highlighted Book for 2022. Driving through Ohio in an old Pontiac, a young girl's parents stop suddenly when they spot watercress growing wild in a ditch by the side of the road.
The story of August “Auggie” Pullman, who was born with a rare facial deformity called Treacher Collins Syndrome and a cleft palate. After being home-schooled for years, he begins school at Beecher Prep.