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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- Literary Fiction
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- R.J. Palacio
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- Essential Read
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