Wonderstruck

Selznick, L.A. (2001). Wonderstruck. NY: Scholastic Press.

Two different stories that are fifty years apart come together as one. One story is told through words while they other is told through pictures. Ben is a young boy looks for the father he never had. While Rose dreams of a famous actress who is her mother. When Ben finds something that his mother has kept hidden in her room it makes him go on a journey to find his father. While fifty years earlier Rose decides to sneak out of her house to find her mother. These two individuals meet in one of the rarest ways.

This is a very lengthy book however it is a gem to read. It goes back and forth about the lives of Ben and Rose. I enjoyed every minute while reading it and when I was looking at the illustrations throughout the book. You can feel what each character is going through. This book shows the how a person can desperately go looking for that one thing they are missing.