Wonder
The award-winning, multi-million-copy bestselling phenomenon
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4.6 • 610 Ratings
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Publisher Description
'Has the power to move hearts and change minds' Guardian
'Tremendously uplifting and a novel of all-too-rare power' Sunday Express
'An amazing book . . . I absolutely loved it. I cried my eyes out' Tom Fletcher
Read the award-winning, multi-million copy bestselling phenomenon that is WONDER in this new tenth anniversary edition.
'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?
A funny, frank, astonishingly moving debut - and a true global phenomenon - to read in one sitting, pass on to others, and remember long after the final page.
Discover more from the World of Wonder:
White Bird, a graphic novel *Soon to be a motion picture!*
Auggie & Me
365 Days of Wonder
We're All Wonders
And read more from R. J. Palacio with Pony, an unforgettable new story!
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
August “Auggie” Pullman is a 10-year-old boy with severe facial deformities struggling to find his place in the world. We were completely taken with author R. J. Palacio’s hugely popular debut, which is both insightful and surprisingly funny. Auggie's descriptions of everything from his love for Halloween and fear of picture day paint a touching, sometimes painful portrait of a true outsider. Palacio enriches the story with chapters told from other children’s points of view; Wonder’s chorus of voices shows how small acts of courage and compassion can make a real difference.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Auggie Pullman was born with severe facial deformities no outer ears, eyes in the wrong place, his skin "melted" and he's learned to steel himself against the horrified reactions he produces in strangers. Now, after years of homeschooling, his parents have enrolled him in fifth grade. In short chapters told from various first-person perspectives, debut author Palacio sketches his challenging but triumphant year. Though he has some expectedly horrible experiences at school, Auggie has lucked out with the adults in his life his parents love him unconditionally, and his principal and teachers value kindness over all other qualities. While one bully manages, temporarily, to turn most of Auggie's classmates against him , good wins out. Few first novels pack more of a punch: it's a rare story with the power to open eyes and hearts to what it's like to be singled out for a difference you can't control, when all you want is to be just another face in the crowd. Ages 8 12.
Customer Reviews
INSPIRING
I read this when I was ten a few years ago (I’m 14) and I truly didn’t understand how amazing it was. Now, reading it for a second time, I realise how amazing and inspirational this book is.It teaches so many lessons, but the overall thing is BE KIND😀.I love how it’s from different perspectives of other characters 👧🏽. My fav character ever is 100% Charlotte.She has her flaws, yeah, but overall she’s just one of those people who are naturally… nice, I guess. There’s a ‘sequel’ to it to, with three stories that are truly epic! They are The Julian Chapter, Pluto and Shingaling (in the perspectives of Julian, Chris and Charlotte). The movie’s good to. It’s like Harry Potter. When you see the movies you think they’re great but once you read the books you appreciate that the movies are nothing compared to the true story (also, I used to be a MAJOR Harry Potter fan).
Signed,
Marcella Imogen Castillo
BUY👏THIS👏BOOK👏
Honestly, everything about this book is good 😊 got me hooked for ages and the characters are relatable.
Good for 10-18 year olds if you ask me but any age tbh works.
The book brought me to tears 😭
Good job
I liked this book a-lot! This makes people go through different emotions! I recommend this book to people trying to teach (or trying to learn) about kindness, friendship, betrayal, loyalty (Well... mostly counsellors)
Overall i love this book.
Please write another book like this teaching the same principles!
Great job!