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Based on R. J. Palacio’s graphic novel and connected to her novel Wonder (adapted to screen in 2017), this dual timeline story follows a grandmother (Mirren) recounting to her grandson the trauma of growing up a young Jewish girl in Nazi-occupied France.
This article appears in October 4 • 2024.
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