Winner of the 'Best of the Best' children's category at the Independent Bookshop Week Awards 2016.
June 2012 Debut of the Month.
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 by R J Palacio by Random House Audiobooks
Wonder is the funny, sweet and incredibly moving story of Auggie Pullman. Born with a terrible facial abnormality, this shy, bright ten-year-old has been home-schooled by his parents for his whole life, in an attempt to protect him from the stares and cruelty of the outside world. Now, for the first time, Auggie is being sent to a real school - and he's dreading it.
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Wonder is the funny, sweet and incredibly moving story of Auggie Pullman. Born with a terrible facial abnormality, this shy, bright ten-year-old has been home-schooled by his parents for his whole life, in an attempt to protect him from the stares and cruelty of the outside world.
Wonder features in the following genres: Family Drama, Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Debut Books of the Month, Book Club Recommendations, eBooks of the Month, Young Adult Fiction, Fiction, General Fiction, Recommendations, Children’s, Teenage and Educational
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Wonder was written by R. J. Palacio and published by Doubleday an imprint of Transworld Publishers Ltd
Wonder has 313 pages
