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Wonder

R J Palacio author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Penguin Random House Children's UK

Published:26th Sep '17

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Read the internationally bestselling book before you watch the major movie from Lionsgate, starring Julia Roberts and Owen Wilson. This special edition is complete with exclusive behind-the-scenes content.

The unforgettable and life-affirming story of August Pullman - a boy who's desperate to blend in, but is destined to stand out.

'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. All he wants is to be accepted. But can he convince his new classmates that he's just like them, underneath it all?

Astonishingly powerful, WONDER is a read you'll never forget.

Remarkable . . . It has the power to move hearts and change minds * Guardian *
Incredibly charming, brutal and brilliant * Observer *
It wreaks emotional havoc * Independent *
Everybody should [read it] * Financial Times *
Jodi Picoult for beginners * Irish Times *
It will delight children and adults * Telegraph *
So authentic you'll swear a kid wrote the book * Glamour *
Funny, touching, honest, and uplifting - though there's plenty of opportunity for tears, too * Daily Mail *
Rich and memorable * New York Times *
Tremendously uplifting and a novel of all-too-rare power . . . an unforgettable, deeply moving character * Sunday Express *

ISBN: 9780141378244

Dimensions: 197mm x 129mm x 22mm

Weight: 258g

352 pages

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