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Wonder
by R. J. Palacio
First Published
2011
Subjects
health
daily living
mainstreaming
Craniofacial Abnormalities
young adult fiction
Mark Twain Award
Special Needs
Fiction - Social Themes - Special Needs
Diseases Illnesses & Injuries
Fiction - Health & Daily Living - Diseases Illnesses & Injuries
Fiction - School & Education
Self-acceptance
Human Abnormalities
Middle schools
New York Times bestseller
nyt:chapter_books=2012-02-25
Juvenile fiction
face abnormalities
personal beauty
body image
Spanish language materials
Escuelas
Padres e hijos
Aprobación de sí mismo
Divorcio
Deformidades
Ficción juvenil
Hermanos y hermanas
Psychology
Health & Daily Living
Divorce
School & Education
Disabled Children
Fiction
Private schools
Birth defects
Family Relations
Brothers and sisters
Parent and child
Students
Social Themes
Mainstreaming (Education)
Diseases, Illnesses & Injuries
Children with disabilities
Multiple Abnormalities
Schools
Children's fiction
Self-acceptance, fiction
Schools, fiction
People with disabilities, fiction
Education Mainstreaming
Large type books
JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance
Teasing
Children's audiobooks
Imagination
JUVENILE FICTION / Health & Daily Living / Diseases
JUVENILE FICTION / School & Education
JUVENILE FICTION / Health & Daily Living / Daily Activities
New York Times reviewed
American fiction
Description
Wonder is a children's novel written by R. J. Palacio,[2] published on 14 February 2012. R. J. Palacio wrote Wonder after an incident where her son noticed a girl with a severe facial difference and started to cry. Fearing he would react badly, Palacio attempted to remove her son from the situation so as not to upset the girl and her family but ended up worsening the situation. Natalie Merchant's song of the same name made her realize that the incident could illustrate a valuable lesson. Palacio was inspired by Merchant's lyrics and she began writing. She named the book directly after the song and used the song's chorus as the prologue of the first chapter.