Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
For every reader who grew up loving R.J. Palacio's Wonder comes a hilarious, heartbreaking, and magical YA debut about what it means to accept the body you're given. WHAT AM I MISSING? Morgan was born with a hole in her middle: a perfectly smooth, sealed, fist-sized chunk of nothing right above her belly button. At sixteen she's tired of keeping her physical abnormality a secret. One night, after a lifetime of hiding behind lumpy sweaters and a smart mouth, she decides to bare all.
At first she feels liberated. But the fallout is more than she bargained for. A few photos snowball into a media frenzy, and suddenly she is desperate to get back to her own strange version of normal. But between hospital visits, Internet celebrity, and a disintegrating relationship with her best (and only) friend, normal is slipping farther and farther away.
Then a new doctor appears with a boy who may be both Morgan's cure and her destiny. What happens when you meet the person who is--literally--your perfect match? And is being whole really all it's cracked up to be?
Synopsis
For every reader who grew up loving R.J. Palacio's Wonder comes a hilarious, heartbreaking, and magical YA debut about what it means to accept the body you're given. What if the empty space was what made you whole?
Morgan Stone was born with a hole in her middle: a perfectly smooth, sealed, fist-sized chunk of nothing near her belly button. After seventeen years of hiding behind lumpy sweaters and a smart mouth, she's fed up with keeping her secret. On the dance floor one night, she decides to bare all.
At first she feels liberated . . . until a few online photos snowball into a media frenzy. Now Morgan is desperate to return to her own strange version of normal--when only her doctors, her divorced parents, and her best friend, Caro, knew the truth. But tragically Morgan's newfound openness and Internet celebrity seem to push those closest to her further and further away.
Then a new doctor appears with a boy who may be both Morgan's cure and her destiny. What happens when you meet the person who is--literally--your perfect match? Is being whole really all it's cracked up to be?