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Wonder

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‘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 10-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?

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ISBN: 9780241777510 Category: Children's - Older Readers Tags: Children's / Teenage fiction: School stories, Children's / Teenage personal & social issues: Disability & special needs, Children's / Teenage personal & social issues: Family issues, Children's / Teenage personal & social issues: Friends & friendship issues, Children's / Teenage personal & social issues: Self-awareness & self-esteem, New York City
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Celebrating 85 years of Sparking Imaginations

A beautiful clothbound edition of the much-loved modern classic Wonder. Bound in real cloth with two coloured foils and sprayed coloured edges, this deluxe edition is a perfect gift or collector’s item. Part of an eight book set published to mark the 85th anniversary of Puffin Books. With a brand-new foreword from Tom Fletcher.

‘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 facial difference, 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.

Collect all eight titles in the Puffin Clothbound 85th Anniversary Collection

  • THE STORY OF TRACY BEAKER by Jacqueline Wilson with a foreword by Beth Lincoln
  • DIARY OF A WIMPY KID by Jeff Kinney with a foreword by Dapo Adeola
  • CHARLOTTE’S WEB by E.B. White with a foreword by Jordan Lees
  • MATILDA by Roald Dahl with a foreword by Robin Stevens
  • THE EXTREMELY EMBARRASSING LIFE OF LOTTIE BROOKS by Katie Kirby with a foreword by Nadia Shireen
  • PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS: THE LIGHTNING THIEF by Rick Riordan with a foreword by Nazneen Ahmed Pathak
  • PIG-HEART BOY by Malorie Blackman with a foreword by Adam Kay
  • WONDER by R.J. Palacio with a foreword by Tom Fletcher

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Weight 0.376 kg
Dimensions 20.6 × 13.8 × 3.1 cm
Author

Palacio, R. J.

Publisher

Puffin

Imprint

Puffin

Cover

Hardback

Pages

336

Language

English

Edition

Hardback original

Dewey

813.6 (edition:23)

Readership

Children – juvenile / Code: J

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