Winner of the 'Best of the Best' children's category at the Independent Bookshop Week Awards 2016.
Chosen by Stylist magazine as one of the Cult Books of 2012.
Frank, powerful, warm and often heart-breaking, Wonder is a book you'll read in one sitting, pass on to others, and remember long after the final page. This is a wonderful debut from a storyteller with a great future if this book is anything to go by and her characters are intensely likeable.
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Wonder is the first book since The Notebook to make me cry to sleep. So sad, emotional and powerful, this is a book everyone needs to be aware of. August is a young boy that has a health condition, which is why his face looks different than other people’s faces. But he is just as normal and ordinary as any other kid. When his parents decide it is time for him to go to school instead of being home-schooled, he is afraid. Because children are honest, and sometimes unintentionally mean, “When given the choice between being right or being kind, choose kind.” Wonder by R.J. Palacio is just a book that is here to remind us to be kind and to be humble. A book I highly recommend to everyone. I also recommend the movie as well, but only after you have read the book.
Wonder is the first book since The Notebook to make me cry to sleep. So sad, emotional and powerful, this is a book everyone needs to be aware of.
August is a young boy that has a health condition, which is why his face looks different than other people’s faces. But he is just as normal and ordinary as any other kid.
When his parents decide it is time for him to go to school instead of being home-schooled, he is afraid. Because children are honest, and sometimes unintentionally mean,
“When given the choice between being right or being kind, choose kind.”
During this book, we see August’s point of view, his daily life and making friends with Jack and Summer.... Read Full Review
The title and the picture on the front cover sums up the whole book I really recommend it to everyone. Once you have read Wonder please write a review about it including your favourite parts, favourite characters and the rating out of 5.
Wonder is one of the best books I have ever read, it is so lovely, beautiful, heart warming and so much more. I really recommend this book to all ages. R.J Palacio has chosen the words so carefully and thoughtfully that when your reading it you can imagine everything that you have read so clearly.... Read Full Review
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Millions of people have fallen in love with Auggie Pullman, an ordinary boy with an extraordinary face-who shows us that kindness brings us together no matter how far apart we are. Read the book that inspired the Choose Kind movement, a major motion picture, and the critically acclaimed graphic novel White Bird.
And don't miss R.J. Palacio's highly anticipated new novel, Pony, available now!
I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse.
August Pullman was born with a facial difference that, up until now, has prevented him from going to a mainstream school. Starting 5th grade at Beecher Prep, he wants nothing more than to be treated as an ordinary kid-but his new classmates can't get past Auggie's extraordinary face. Beginning from Auggie's point of view and expanding to include his classmates, his sister, her boyfriend, and others, the perspectives converge to form a portrait of one community's struggle with empathy, compassion, and acceptance. In a world where bullying among young people is an epidemic, this is a refreshing new narrative full of heart and hope.
R.J. Palacio has called her debut novel "a meditation on kindness" -indeed, every reader will come away with a greater appreciation for the simple courage of friendship. Auggie is a hero to root for, a diamond in the rough who proves that you can't blend in when you were born to stand out.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Wonder and determined it is suitable for children aged 9-12 years old
Wonder features in the following genres: Featured Books for 9+ readers, Featured Books for 11+ readers, Books of the Month, Debuts of the Month, Recommendations, Recommended Children's eBooks, Stories about Family and Friends, School Stories, Film & TV Tie-ins, Gritty Reads, PSHE: Family Issues, Personal Social Health Economic (PSHE), Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Special features and related items
Wonder is available in Paperback, Hardback, CD-Audio
Wonder was written by R. J. Palacio and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers an imprint of Random House Children's Books
Wonder has 315 pages
Yes it is part of Wonder series
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