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Wonder is a contemporary children's novel written by R. J. Palacio [2] and published on 14 February 2012. Wonder is in part inspired by an incident where the author's son started to cry after noticing a girl with a severe facial deformity .
R.J. Palacio has said that she wrote Wonder after she saw a young child with a severe facial difference when she was out with her two sons. Palacio wondered what life might be like for that...
Feb 14, 2012 · Wonder (Wonder #1), R.J. Palacio Wonder is a children's novel by Raquel Jaramillo, under the pen name of R. J. Palacio, published on February 14, 2012. Palacio wrote Wonder after an incident where she and her three-year-old son were waiting in line to buy ice cream.
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R. J. Palacio’s “Wonder” tells the story of August ‘Auggie’ Pullman, a boy with a craniofacial deformity that kept him from school, getting to attend school for the first time. It deals with issues such as kindness, empathy, self-acceptance, and discrimination against people with disabilities.
We’re All Wonders, which is based conceptually on the themes of her novel, represents the fulfillment of her dream to write and illustrate her own picture book. R.J. is also the author of Auggie & Me: Three Wonder Stories and 365 Days of Wonder: Mr. Browne’s Book of Precepts.
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R.J. Palacio. (born 1963). American author and graphic designer R.J. Palacio illustrated other authors’ work as well as her own projects. She was perhaps best-known for writing the book Wonder (2012), which was turned into a major motion picture in 2017.
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‘Wonder’ is a 2012 coming-of-age book written by R. J. Palacio. The novel follows August ‘Auggie’ Pullman, a ten-year-old boy with a facial deformity that challenges his social life and relationships when he begins school.
