Wonder: R. J. Palacio

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?

Details

• Format: paperback/softback
• Publication Date: 04/01/2013
• Publisher: Penguin Random House Children’s UK
• Illustrations: B+W chapter heads
• Country of Origin: United Kingdom
• Pages: 320
• Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 20 mm
• Suitable Ages: 8-12 years