In “White Bird,” a long anticipated film about a Jewish girl who is rescued by her classmate in Nazi-occupied France, the Holocaust is fertile ground for teaching children how to be good. The movie is a spinoff of “Wonder” (2017),

It’s never a bad time for stories celebrating acts of kindness, but the current news cycle makes it ever so more appreciated. In the new film “White Bird,” in theaters Friday, the act is quite

In a sequel that's thematically related to 2017's 'Wonder,' the values of empathy and bravery are translated to a tale of a Jewish girl in Nazi-occupied France.

In 2017, the film “Wonder” was a surprise critical and commercial hit for Lionsgate. Adapted from a children’s novel by R.J. Palacio, the film starred Jacob Tremblay as young Auggie,

"White Bird" is the sequel to the 2017 movie “Wonder.” It's a rare case where the story revolves around the bully rather than the bullied.

Marc Forster directs the R.J. Palacio adaptation about a former bully learning lessons in kindness and moral courage from his grandmother's tales of growing up in Nazi-occupied France.

From German director Marc Forster ("Finding Neverland," "The Kite Runner") "White Bird" is a handsome adaptation of R.J. Palacio's graphic novel aimed at young adults. This, too, is perfectly suited to that audience -- a story within a story with all the drama of war and young romance wrapped up in it.

It’s never a bad time for stories celebrating acts of kindness, but the current news cycle makes it ever so more appreciated. In the new film “White Bird,” in theaters Friday, the act is quite significant: A family in Nazi-occupied France shelters a young Jewish girl, whose friends and family have all been taken away.