Wonder

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SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING JULIA ROBERTS, OWEN WILSON, AND JACOB TREMBLAY!

Over 5 million people have read the number one New York Times bestseller WONDER and have fallen in love with Auggie Pullman, an peculiar boy with an peculiar face. 

The book that inspired the Select Kind movement.

I would possibly not describe what I appear to be. No matter what you might be thinking, it is most certainly worse.

August Pullman used to be 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 peculiar kid—but his new classmates can’t get past Auggie’s peculiar face. WONDER, now a #1 New York Times bestseller and included at the Texas Bluebonnet Award master list, begins from Auggie’s perspective, but soon switches to include his classmates, his sister, her boyfriend, and others. These perspectives converge in a portrait of one community’s struggle with empathy, compassion, and acceptance.

“Wonder is the most efficient kids’ book of the year,” said Emily Bazelon, senior editor at Slate.com and writer of Sticks and Stones: Defeating the Culture of Bullying and Rediscovering the Power of Character and Empathy. In a world where bullying among young people is a deadly disease, this can be a refreshing new narrative full of heart and hope. R.J. Palacio has referred to as her debut novel “a meditation on kindness” —indeed, each 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 whilst you were born to stand out.

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Amazon Best Books of the Month for Kids, February 2012: Wonder is a rare gem of a novel–beautifully written and populated by characters who linger on your memory and heart. August Pullman is a 10-year-old boy who likes Star Wars and Xbox, peculiar aside from for his jarring facial anomalies. Homeschooled all his life, August heads to public school for fifth grade and he isn’t the one one changed by the experience–something we learn about first-hand through the narratives of people who orbit his world. August’s internal dialogue and interactions with students and circle of relatives ring true, and though remarkably courageous he comes across as a sweet, funny boy who wants the similar things others want: friendship, understanding, and the freedom to be himself. “It’s only with one’s heart that you can actually see clearly. What is very important is invisible to the eye.” From The Little Prince and R.J. Palacio’s remarkable novel, Wonder.–Seira Wilson