Middle-grade novel · Fiction
Wonder
R. J. Palacio
About the book
August Pullman, born with a facial difference, attends school for the first time in fifth grade; the story is told from several viewpoints.
Reading notes
Widely read in upper-elementary classrooms for conversations about kindness and perspective.
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Book details
- Author
- R. J. Palacio
- First published
- 2012
- Suggested ages
- Ages 8–12 (editorial estimate — children vary)
- Reading mode
- Independent reader
- Topics
- kindness, difference, school
- Edition shown
- ISBN 9780375869020 · Alfred A. Knopf, 2012-02 · Hardcover
- Catalog record
- Open Library work record · edition record
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