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Essential Read

Wonder

by R.J. Palacio · 2012

Literary Fiction · ranked #149 in category

Auggie Pullman, a ten-year-old boy with a facial difference, attends mainstream school for the first time after years of home education. Told through multiple perspectives — Auggie's, his sister's, his friends' — the novel asks what it takes to see past appearance and what kindness actually requires of ordinary people. One of the most widely assigned middle school novels in America.

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The verdict

Category
Literary Fiction
First published
2012 · 2010s
Author
R.J. Palacio
Standing
Essential Read

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