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Wonder
R J Palacio
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Description for Wonder
Paperback. Auggie wants to be an ordinary ten-year-old. He does ordinary things - eating ice cream, playing on his Xbox. He feels ordinary - inside. But ordinary kids don't make other ordinary kids run away screaming in playgrounds. Born with a terrible facial abnormality, Auggie has been home-schooled by his parents his whole life. Num Pages: 416 pages, B+W chapter heads. BIC Classification: YFS. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 129 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 226.
Now an Oscar nominated film starring Julia Roberts, Owen Wilson and Jacob Tremblay. 'My name is August. I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse.' Auggie wants to be an ordinary ten-year-old. He does ordinary things - eating ice cream, playing on his Xbox. He feels ordinary - inside. But ordinary kids don't make other ordinary kids run away screaming in playgrounds. Ordinary kids aren't stared at wherever they go. Born with a terrible facial abnormality, Auggie has been home-schooled by his parents his whole life. Now, for the first time, he's being sent to a real school - and he's dreading it. All he wants is to be accepted - but can he convince his new classmates that he's just like them, underneath it all? WONDER is a funny, frank, astonishingly moving debut to read in one sitting, pass on to others, and remember long after the final page.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Corgi Childrens
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780552565974
SKU
9780552565974
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About R J Palacio
R. J. Palacio lives in Brooklyn, NY with her husband, two sons and two dogs (Bear and Beau). Her debut novel, Wonder, has been on the New York Times bestseller list since March, 2012, and has sold over 14 million copies worldwide. The book's message of kindness has inspired the Choose Kind movement, and has been embraced by readers, young and old, around the world.
Reviews for Wonder
Remarkable . . . It has the power to move hearts and change minds
Guardian
Incredibly charming, brutal and brilliant
Observer
It wreaks emotional havoc . . . To finish it with a firm resolve to be a better person - well, you can't ask much more of any book than that
Independent
When the kids have finished with this, the adults will want to read it. Everybody should
Financial Times
Awesome . . . So authentic you'll swear a kid wrote the book. And yes, that's a good thing
Glamour
Guardian
Incredibly charming, brutal and brilliant
Observer
It wreaks emotional havoc . . . To finish it with a firm resolve to be a better person - well, you can't ask much more of any book than that
Independent
When the kids have finished with this, the adults will want to read it. Everybody should
Financial Times
Awesome . . . So authentic you'll swear a kid wrote the book. And yes, that's a good thing
Glamour