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Wonder Movie Tie-In Edition |
Author(s): Palacio, R. J. |
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List Price: $10.99 |
Format: Electronic book text |
Publisher: Random House Children's Books |
Imprint: Knopf Books for Young Readers |
ISBN: 9781524718831 |
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| A special movie tie-in edition of R.J. Palacio's ... |
 | A special movie tie-in edition of R.J. Palacio's #1 New York Times bestseller, now a major motion picture starring Julia Roberts, Owen Wilson, Jacob Tremblay, Daveed Diggs, and Mandy Patinkin.
Over 5 million people have fallen in love with Wonder and Auggie Pullman, the ordinary boy with the extraordinary face, who inspired a movement to Choose Kind. This special movie tie-in edition features an eight-page full-color insert with photos from the film, a foreword by the director Stephen Chbosky, an afterword by R.J. Palacio, a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the movie with anecdotes from the cast and crew, and a family discussion guide.
August Pullman was 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 ordinary kid--but his new classmates can't get past Auggie's extraordinary face. Wonder, a #1 New York Times bestseller, begins from Auggie's point of view, 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.
In a world where bullying among young people is an epidemic, this is a refreshing new narrative full of heart and hope. R.J. Palacio has called her debut novel "a meditation on kindness" --indeed, every reader will come away with a greater appreciation for the simple courage of friendship. Auggie is a hero to root for, who proves that you can't blend in when you were born to stand out.
Join the conversation: #thewonderofwonder, #choosekind
#1 New York Times bestseller USA Today bestseller Time Magazine's 100 Best Young Adult Books of All Time New York Times Book Review Notable Book Washington Post Best Kids' Book
"In a wonder of a debut, Palacio has written a crackling page-turner filled with characters you can't help but root for." --Entertainment Weekly
"Rich and memorable." --The New York Times
"A beautiful, funny and sometimes sob-making story of quiet transformation." --Wall Street Journal>hrWonder is her first novel. She did not design the cover, but she sure does love it. Her other books include 365 Days of Wonder: Mr. Browne's Book of Precepts and Auggie & Me: Three Wonder Stories. Learn more about her at rjpalacio.com or on Twitter @RJPalacio.>hr I know I’m not an ordinary ten-year-old kid. I mean, sure, I do ordinary things. I eat ice cream. I ride my bike. I play ball. I have an XBox. Stuff like that makes me ordinary. I guess. And I feel ordinary. Inside. But I know ordinary kids don’t make other ordinary kids run away screaming in playgrounds. I know ordinary kids don’t get stared at wherever they go.
If I found a magic lamp and I could have one wish, I would wish that I had a normal face that no one ever noticed at all. I would wish that I could walk down the street without people seeing me and then doing that look-away thing. Here’s what I think: the only reason I’m not ordinary is that no one else sees me that way.
But I’m kind of used to how I look by now. I know how to pretend I don’t see the faces people make. We’ve all gotten pretty good at that sort of thing: me, Mom and Dad, Via. Actually, I take that back: Via’s not so good at it. She can get really annoyed when people do something rude. Like, for instance, one time in the playground some older kids made some noises. I don’t even know what the noises were exactly because I didn’t hear them myself, but Via heard and she just started yelling at the kids. That’s the way she is. I’m not that way.
Via doesn’t see me as ordinary. She says she does, but if I were ordinary, she wouldn’t feel like she needs to protect me as much. And Mom and Dad don’t see me as ordinary, either. They see me as extraordinary. I think the only person in the world who realizes how ordinary I am is me.
My name is August, by the way. I won’t describe what I look like. Whatever you’re thinking, it’s probably worse.
Why I Didn’t Go to School
Next week I start fifth grade. Since I’ve never been to a real school before, I am pretty much totally and completely petrified. People think I haven’t gone to school because of the way I look, but it’s not that. It’s because of all the surgeries I’ve had. Twenty-seven since I was born. The bigger ones happened before I was even four years old, so I don’t remember those. But I’ve had two or three surgeries every year since then (some big, some small), and because I’m little for my age, and I have some other medical mysteries that doctors never really figured out, I used to get sick a lot. That’s why my parents decided it was better if I didn’t go to school. I’m much stronger now, though. The last surgery I had was eight months ago, and I probably won’t have to have any more for another couple of years.
Mom homeschools me. She used to be a children’s-book illustrator. She draws really great fairies and mermaids. Her boy stuff isn’t so hot, though. She once tried to draw me a Darth Vader, but it ended up looking like some weird mushroom-shaped robot. I haven’t seen her draw anything in a long time. I think she’s too busy taking care of me and Via.
I can’t say I always wanted to go to school because that wouldn’t be exactly true. What I wanted was to go to school, but only if I could be like every other kid going to school. Have lots of friends and hang out after school and stuff like that.
I have a few really good friends now. Christopher is my best friend, followed by Zachary and Alex. We’ve known each other since we were babies. And since they’ve always known me the way I am, they’re used to me. When we were little, we used to have playdates all the time, but then Christopher moved to Bridgeport in Connecticut. That’s more than an hour away from where I live in North River Heights, which is at the top tip of Manhattan. And Zachary and Alex started going to school. It’s funny: even though Christopher’s the one who moved |
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Other Books by this Author
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365 Days of Wonder: Mr. Browne's Book of Precepts; by Palacio, R. J.; Random House Children's Books, Knopf Books for Young Readers |
365 Days of Wonder: Mr. Browne's Book of Precepts; by Palacio, R. J.; Random House Children's Books, Knopf Books for Young Readers |
365 Days of Wonder: Mr. Browne's Precepts; by Palacio, R. J.; Random House Children's Books, Knopf Books for Young Readers |
365 Days of Wonder: Mr. Browne's Precepts; by Palacio, R. J.; Random House Children's Books, Knopf Books for Young Readers |
365 Days of Wonder TR 9-Copy Solid Floor Display; by Palacio, R. J.; Random House Children's Books, Knopf Books for Young Readers |
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365 días de Wonder. El libro de preceptos del señor Brown / 365 Days of Wonder: Mr. Browne's Book of Precepts; by Palacio, R. J.; PRH Grupo Editorial, Nube de Tinta |
8-Copy Wonder Classroom Set with Educator Kits; by Palacio, R. J.; Random House Children's Books, Knopf Books for Young Readers |
Auggie & Me 9 Copy Floor Display; by Palacio, R. J.; Random House Children's Books, Knopf Books for Young Readers |
Auggie & Me: Three Wonder Stories; by Palacio, R. J.; Random House Children's Books, Knopf Books for Young Readers |
Auggie & Me: Three Wonder Stories; by Palacio, R. J.; Random House Children's Books, Knopf Books for Young Readers |
Auggie & Me: Three Wonder Stories 16-copy Mixed Floor Display; by Palacio, R. J.; Random House Children's Books, Knopf Books for Young Readers |
Auggie y yo; by Palacio, R. J.; Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Vintage Espanol |
Choose Kind Journal; by Palacio, R. J.; Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed, Clarkson Potter |
Four Wonder Notebooks; by Palacio, R. J.; Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed, Clarkson Potter |
The Julian Chapter: A Wonder Story; by Palacio, R. J.; Random House Children's Books, Knopf Books for Young Readers |
La lección de August; by Palacio, R. J.; Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Vintage Espanol |
La lección de August; by Palacio, R. J.; Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Vintage Espanol |
La lección de August (Movie Tie-In Edition); by Palacio, R. J.; Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Vintage Espanol |
Pájaro blanco / White Bird; by Palacio, R. J.; PRH Grupo Editorial, Nube de Tinta |
Pluto: A Wonder Story; by Palacio, R. J.; Random House Children's Books, Knopf Books for Young Readers |
Pony; by Palacio, R. J.; Random House Children's Books, Knopf Books for Young Readers |
Pony; by Palacio, R. J.; Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group, Listening Library |
Pony; by Palacio, R. J.; Random House Children's Books, Knopf Books for Young Readers |
Pony; by Palacio, R. J.; Gale, A Cengage Company, Youth Large Print |
Shingaling: A Wonder Story; by Palacio, R. J.; Random House Children's Books, Knopf Books for Young Readers |
We're All Wonders; by Palacio, R. J.; Random House Children's Books, Knopf Books for Young Readers |
We're All Wonders; by Palacio, R. J.; Random House Children's Books, Knopf Books for Young Readers |
We're All Wonders: Read Together Edition; by Palacio, R. J.; Random House Children's Books, Knopf Books for Young Readers |
WHITE BIRD 9-COPY FLOOR DISPLAY; by Palacio, R. J.; Random House Children's Books, Knopf Books for Young Readers |
White Bird: A Wonder Story; by Palacio, R. J.; Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group, Listening Library |
White Bird: A Wonder Story (A Graphic Novel); by Palacio, R. J.; Random House Children's Books, Knopf Books for Young Readers |
White Bird: A Wonder Story (A Graphic Novel); by Palacio, R. J.; Random House Children's Books, Knopf Books for Young Readers |
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Wonder; by Palacio, R. J.; Random House Children's Books, Yearling |
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Wonder; by Palacio, R. J.; Gale, Thorndike Press |
Wonder; by Palacio, R. J.; Random House Children's Books, Knopf Books for Young Readers |
Wonder, Auggie & Me, 365 Days of Wonder boxed set; by Palacio, R. J.; Random House Children's Books, Knopf Books for Young Readers |
Wonder: Illustrated Edition; by Palacio, R. J.; Random House Children's Books, Knopf Books for Young Readers |
Wonder: Illustrated Edition; by Palacio, R. J.; Random House Children's Books, Knopf Books for Young Readers |
Wonder Illustrated Edition 9-Copy Floor Display; by Palacio, R. J.; Random House Children's Books, Knopf Books for Young Readers |
The Wonder Journal; by Palacio, R. J.; Random House Children's Books, Knopf Books for Young Readers |
Wonder: La historia de Julián / The Julian Chapter: A Wonder Story; by Palacio, R. J.; PRH Grupo Editorial, Nube de Tinta |
Wonder: La lección de August / Wonder; by Palacio, R. J.; PRH Grupo Editorial, Nube de Tinta |
Wonder Notes; by Palacio, R. J.; Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale, Clarkson Potter |
Wonder School Planner; by Palacio, R. J.; Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed, Clarkson Potter |
Wonder. Todos somos únicos / We're all Wonders; by Palacio, R. J.; PRH Grupo Editorial, Nube de Tinta |
Wonder/365 Days of Wonder Boxed Set; by Palacio, R. J.; Random House Children's Books, Knopf Books for Young Readers |
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