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Wonder, R.J. Palacio

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  • Millions of people have fallen in love with Auggie Pullman, an ordinary boy with an extraordinary face—who shows us that kindness brings us together no matter how far apart we are. Read the book that inspired the Choose Kind movement, a major motion picture, and the critically acclaimed graphic novel White Bird. I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse. August Pullman was born with a facial difference that, up until now, has prevented him from going to a mainstream school. Starting 5th grade at Beecher Prep, he wants nothing more than to be treated as an ordinary kid -- but his new classmates can't get past Auggie's extraordinary face. Beginning from Auggie's point of view and expanding to include his classmates, his sister, her boyfriend, and others, the perspectives converge to form a portrait of one community's struggle with empathy, compassion, and acceptance. In a world where bullying among young people is an epidemic, this is a refreshing new narrative full of heart and hope. R.J. Palacio has called her debut novel "a meditation on kindness". Indeed, every reader will come away with a greater appreciation for the simple courage of friendship. Auggie is a hero to root for, a diamond in the rough who proves that you can't blend in when you were born to stand out. - Publisher
  • August Pullman was born with a facial deformity that, up until now, prevented him from going to a mainstream school. Starting 5th grade at Beecher Prep, he wants nothing more than to be treated as an ordinary kid -- but his classmates can't get past Auggie's extraordinary face. Wonder begins from Auggie's point of view, but soon switches to include his classmates, his sister, her boyfriend, and others. These perspectives converge in a portrait of one community's struggle with empathy, compassion, and acceptance
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
315 pages
Contents
  • Part one : August. Ordinary -- Why I didn't go to school -- How I came to life -- Christopher's house -- Driving -- Paging Mr. Tushman -- Nice Mrs. Garcia -- Jack Will, Julian, and Charlotte -- The grand tour -- The performance space -- The deal -- Home -- First-day jitters -- Locks -- Around the room -- Lamb to the slaughter -- Choose kind -- Lunch -- The summer table -- One to ten -- Padawan -- Wake me up when September ends -- Jack Will -- Mr. Browne's October precept -- Apples -- Halloween -- School pictures -- The cheese touch -- Costumes -- The bleeding scream -- Names -- Part two : Via. A tour of the galaxy -- Before August -- Seeing August -- August through the peephole -- High school -- Major Tom -- After school -- The Padawan bites the dust -- An apparition at the door -- Breakfast -- Genetics 101 -- The Punnett square -- Out with the old -- October 31 -- Trick or treat -- Time to think -- Part three : Summer. Weird kids -- The plague -- The Halloween party -- November -- Warning : This kid is rated R -- The Egyptian tomb -- Part four : Jack. The call -- Carvel -- Why I changed my mind -- Four things -- Ex-friends -- Snow -- Fortune favors the bold -- Private school -- In science -- Partners -- Detention -- Season's greetings -- Letters, emails, Facebook, texts -- Back from winter break -- The war -- Switching tables -- Why I didn't sit with August the first day of school -- Sides -- August's house -- The boyfriend -- Part five : Justin. Olivia's brother -- Valentine's Day -- Our town -- Ladybug -- The bus stop -- Rehearsal -- Bird -- The universe -- Part six : August. North Pole -- The Auggie doll -- Lobot -- Hearing brightly -- Via's secret -- My cave -- Goodbye -- Daisy's toys -- Heaven -- Understudy -- The ending -- Part seven : Miranda. Camp lies -- School -- What I miss most -- Extraordinary, but no one there to see -- The performance -- After the show -- Part eight : August. The fifth-grade nature retreat -- Known for -- Packing -- Daybreak -- Day one -- The fairgrounds -- Be kind to nature -- The woods are alive -- Alien -- Voices in the dark -- The emperor's guard -- Sleep -- Aftermath -- Home -- Bear -- The shift -- Ducks -- The last precept -- The drop-off -- Take your seats, everyone -- A simple thing -- Awards -- Floating -- Pictures -- The walk home -- Appendix. Mr. Browne's precepts -- Postcard precepts
  • Companion novel to: Auggie and me.-The funny, sweet and incredibly moving story of Auggie Pullman. Born with a terrible facial deformity, this shy, bright ten-year-old has been home-schooled by his parents for his whole life, in an attempt to protect him from the stares and cruelty of the outside world. Now, for the first time, Auggie is being sent to a real school -- and he's dreading it. The thing is, Auggie's just an ordinary kid, with an extraordinary face. But can he convince his new classmates that he's just like them, underneath it all?
Isbn
9780375869020
Instance
Label
Wonder
Title
Wonder
Statement of responsibility
R.J. Palacio
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
  • Millions of people have fallen in love with Auggie Pullman, an ordinary boy with an extraordinary face—who shows us that kindness brings us together no matter how far apart we are. Read the book that inspired the Choose Kind movement, a major motion picture, and the critically acclaimed graphic novel White Bird. I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse. August Pullman was born with a facial difference that, up until now, has prevented him from going to a mainstream school. Starting 5th grade at Beecher Prep, he wants nothing more than to be treated as an ordinary kid -- but his new classmates can't get past Auggie's extraordinary face. Beginning from Auggie's point of view and expanding to include his classmates, his sister, her boyfriend, and others, the perspectives converge to form a portrait of one community's struggle with empathy, compassion, and acceptance. In a world where bullying among young people is an epidemic, this is a refreshing new narrative full of heart and hope. R.J. Palacio has called her debut novel "a meditation on kindness". Indeed, every reader will come away with a greater appreciation for the simple courage of friendship. Auggie is a hero to root for, a diamond in the rough who proves that you can't blend in when you were born to stand out. - Publisher
  • August Pullman was born with a facial deformity that, up until now, prevented him from going to a mainstream school. Starting 5th grade at Beecher Prep, he wants nothing more than to be treated as an ordinary kid -- but his classmates can't get past Auggie's extraordinary face. Wonder begins from Auggie's point of view, but soon switches to include his classmates, his sister, her boyfriend, and others. These perspectives converge in a portrait of one community's struggle with empathy, compassion, and acceptance
Member of
Awards note
  • Young Hoosier Book Award, 2015
  • Texas Bluebonnet Award nominee, 2014.
  • Prairie Pasque Children's Book Award, 2014-2015.
  • Land of Enchantment Children's Book Award, 2014.
  • Kentucky Bluegrass Award, 2014
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Palacio, R. J
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Intended audience
Middle School
Interest level
  • MG
  • 6-8
  • 6-8
Literary form
novels
Reading level
  • 4.8
  • 5.2
  • 5.2
Series statement
Wonder
Series volume
1
Study program name
  • Accelerated Reader AR
  • Reading Counts
  • Reading Counts RC
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Abnormalities, Human
  • Self-acceptance
  • Middle schools
  • Private schools
  • Schools
  • Students
  • Parent and child
  • Divorce
  • Brothers and sisters
  • Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)
  • Abnormalities, Human
  • Self-acceptance
  • Middle schools
  • Schools
  • Abnormalities, Multiple
  • Craniofacial Abnormalities
  • Disabled Children
  • Mainstreaming, Education
  • Students
  • Family Relations
  • Acceptation de soi
  • Écoles moyennes
  • Écoles privées
  • Écoles
  • Parents et enfants
  • Divorce
  • Frères et sœurs
  • Intégration scolaire
  • JUVENILE FICTION
  • JUVENILE FICTION
  • JUVENILE FICTION
  • Children with disabilities
  • Abnormalities, Human
  • Brothers and sisters
  • Divorce
  • Middle schools
  • Parent and child
  • Private schools
  • Schools
  • Self-acceptance
  • Students
  • New York (State)
  • New York (State)
  • Birth defects
  • Self-acceptance
  • Middle schools
Target audience
pre adolescent
Label
Wonder, R.J. Palacio
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Part one : August. Ordinary -- Why I didn't go to school -- How I came to life -- Christopher's house -- Driving -- Paging Mr. Tushman -- Nice Mrs. Garcia -- Jack Will, Julian, and Charlotte -- The grand tour -- The performance space -- The deal -- Home -- First-day jitters -- Locks -- Around the room -- Lamb to the slaughter -- Choose kind -- Lunch -- The summer table -- One to ten -- Padawan -- Wake me up when September ends -- Jack Will -- Mr. Browne's October precept -- Apples -- Halloween -- School pictures -- The cheese touch -- Costumes -- The bleeding scream -- Names -- Part two : Via. A tour of the galaxy -- Before August -- Seeing August -- August through the peephole -- High school -- Major Tom -- After school -- The Padawan bites the dust -- An apparition at the door -- Breakfast -- Genetics 101 -- The Punnett square -- Out with the old -- October 31 -- Trick or treat -- Time to think -- Part three : Summer. Weird kids -- The plague -- The Halloween party -- November -- Warning : This kid is rated R -- The Egyptian tomb -- Part four : Jack. The call -- Carvel -- Why I changed my mind -- Four things -- Ex-friends -- Snow -- Fortune favors the bold -- Private school -- In science -- Partners -- Detention -- Season's greetings -- Letters, emails, Facebook, texts -- Back from winter break -- The war -- Switching tables -- Why I didn't sit with August the first day of school -- Sides -- August's house -- The boyfriend -- Part five : Justin. Olivia's brother -- Valentine's Day -- Our town -- Ladybug -- The bus stop -- Rehearsal -- Bird -- The universe -- Part six : August. North Pole -- The Auggie doll -- Lobot -- Hearing brightly -- Via's secret -- My cave -- Goodbye -- Daisy's toys -- Heaven -- Understudy -- The ending -- Part seven : Miranda. Camp lies -- School -- What I miss most -- Extraordinary, but no one there to see -- The performance -- After the show -- Part eight : August. The fifth-grade nature retreat -- Known for -- Packing -- Daybreak -- Day one -- The fairgrounds -- Be kind to nature -- The woods are alive -- Alien -- Voices in the dark -- The emperor's guard -- Sleep -- Aftermath -- Home -- Bear -- The shift -- Ducks -- The last precept -- The drop-off -- Take your seats, everyone -- A simple thing -- Awards -- Floating -- Pictures -- The walk home -- Appendix. Mr. Browne's precepts -- Postcard precepts
  • Companion novel to: Auggie and me.-The funny, sweet and incredibly moving story of Auggie Pullman. Born with a terrible facial deformity, this shy, bright ten-year-old has been home-schooled by his parents for his whole life, in an attempt to protect him from the stares and cruelty of the outside world. Now, for the first time, Auggie is being sent to a real school -- and he's dreading it. The thing is, Auggie's just an ordinary kid, with an extraordinary face. But can he convince his new classmates that he's just like them, underneath it all?
Control code
726819876
Dimensions
22 cm
Extent
315 pages
Isbn
9780375869020
Lccn
2011027133
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650, 655
Other control number
  • 9780375869020
  • 9780375969027
Other physical details
illustrations
Specific material designation
regular print
System control number
(OCoLC)726819876
Label
Wonder, R.J. Palacio
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Part one : August. Ordinary -- Why I didn't go to school -- How I came to life -- Christopher's house -- Driving -- Paging Mr. Tushman -- Nice Mrs. Garcia -- Jack Will, Julian, and Charlotte -- The grand tour -- The performance space -- The deal -- Home -- First-day jitters -- Locks -- Around the room -- Lamb to the slaughter -- Choose kind -- Lunch -- The summer table -- One to ten -- Padawan -- Wake me up when September ends -- Jack Will -- Mr. Browne's October precept -- Apples -- Halloween -- School pictures -- The cheese touch -- Costumes -- The bleeding scream -- Names -- Part two : Via. A tour of the galaxy -- Before August -- Seeing August -- August through the peephole -- High school -- Major Tom -- After school -- The Padawan bites the dust -- An apparition at the door -- Breakfast -- Genetics 101 -- The Punnett square -- Out with the old -- October 31 -- Trick or treat -- Time to think -- Part three : Summer. Weird kids -- The plague -- The Halloween party -- November -- Warning : This kid is rated R -- The Egyptian tomb -- Part four : Jack. The call -- Carvel -- Why I changed my mind -- Four things -- Ex-friends -- Snow -- Fortune favors the bold -- Private school -- In science -- Partners -- Detention -- Season's greetings -- Letters, emails, Facebook, texts -- Back from winter break -- The war -- Switching tables -- Why I didn't sit with August the first day of school -- Sides -- August's house -- The boyfriend -- Part five : Justin. Olivia's brother -- Valentine's Day -- Our town -- Ladybug -- The bus stop -- Rehearsal -- Bird -- The universe -- Part six : August. North Pole -- The Auggie doll -- Lobot -- Hearing brightly -- Via's secret -- My cave -- Goodbye -- Daisy's toys -- Heaven -- Understudy -- The ending -- Part seven : Miranda. Camp lies -- School -- What I miss most -- Extraordinary, but no one there to see -- The performance -- After the show -- Part eight : August. The fifth-grade nature retreat -- Known for -- Packing -- Daybreak -- Day one -- The fairgrounds -- Be kind to nature -- The woods are alive -- Alien -- Voices in the dark -- The emperor's guard -- Sleep -- Aftermath -- Home -- Bear -- The shift -- Ducks -- The last precept -- The drop-off -- Take your seats, everyone -- A simple thing -- Awards -- Floating -- Pictures -- The walk home -- Appendix. Mr. Browne's precepts -- Postcard precepts
  • Companion novel to: Auggie and me.-The funny, sweet and incredibly moving story of Auggie Pullman. Born with a terrible facial deformity, this shy, bright ten-year-old has been home-schooled by his parents for his whole life, in an attempt to protect him from the stares and cruelty of the outside world. Now, for the first time, Auggie is being sent to a real school -- and he's dreading it. The thing is, Auggie's just an ordinary kid, with an extraordinary face. But can he convince his new classmates that he's just like them, underneath it all?
Control code
726819876
Dimensions
22 cm
Extent
315 pages
Isbn
9780375869020
Lccn
2011027133
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650, 655
Other control number
  • 9780375869020
  • 9780375969027
Other physical details
illustrations
Specific material designation
regular print
System control number
(OCoLC)726819876

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