Wonder: The unforgettable, much-loved modern classic

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Brought to you by Penguin.

Read the award-winning, multi-million copy bestselling phenomenon that is WONDER.

'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 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 - and he's dreading it. All he wants is to be accepted - but can he convince his new classmates that he's just like them, underneath it all?

A funny, frank, astonishingly moving debut - and a true global phenomenon - to read in one sitting, pass on to others, and remember long after the final page.

'Has the power to move hearts and change minds' Guardian

'Tremendously uplifting and a novel of all-too-rare power' Sunday Express

'An amazing book . . . I absolutely loved it. I cried my eyes out' Tom Fletcher

Ā© R. J. Palacio 2012 (P) Penguin Audio 2022

Brought to you by Penguin. Read the award-winning, multi-million copy bestselling phenomenon that is WONDER. '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 cre...

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September 19, 2026
Love is the COLLAGEN of JUSTICE that preserves the brain of the LAW to nourish the rest of the body. URGENT PLEASE HELP ME URGENT PLEASE I still eat meat I learned from the Holy Spirit, who CONSUMES THE FLESH and convicts of righteousness, sin, and judgment. Life inspires the GamešŸŽ®: before the thefts, before the torture in the hospital, the ten years of the stolen cell phone, and all the lgbtq drug trafficking schemes; the Police šŸš” were already hunting PokĆ©mon back then, and they continue to hunt. No intelligent person wants to use drugs, so they mix drugs with sugar to drug even children. No drugs, no addictions; respecting the law is the most important religion in the universe. Socialism, communism, and injustices for example, issues of psychopathy and lgbtq mutilation are criminal pandemics that "abort" people unchecked. My family is the one that does the will of the Lord Father: we keep the Law. ALTERING WHAT I HAVE BEEN WRITING ALL THIS TIME ONLY PROVES THE CRIMESšŸ§ŠšŸŖ– ICE šŸ§ŠšŸŖ– DHS šŸ§ŠšŸŖ– CBP šŸ§ŠšŸŖ– ERO Medical care for the body, free from theft. RESPECT FOR THE LAW THE MOST IMPORTANT RELIGION IN THE UNIVERSE. All the treacherous serpents who robbed me during these ten years of injustice will reap the same fruit and meet the same end as that Judas šŸ. Faster than the speed of light like the One faster than the speed of light who imprisoned the devil before sunrise. URGENT PLEASE HELP ME
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Alain Kabulo
October 13, 2025
great book! must try!
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FabianaNOTdrugslgbtsugar NOTlgbtq
August 21, 2026
šŸ§ŠšŸŖ– ICE 🧊 ERO šŸ§ŠšŸŖ– DHS šŸŖ–šŸ§Š
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About the author

R. J. Palacio was born and raised in New York City. She attended the High School of Art and Design and the Parsons School of Design, where she majored in illustration. She was a graphic designer and an art director for many years before writing her critically acclaimed debut novel, Wonder, which has been on the New York Times bestseller list since March 2012, sold over 16 million copies worldwide and been adapted into a movie.

In addition to Wonder, R. J. has written Auggie & Me: Three Wonder Stories, 365 Days of Wonder, We're All Wonders and White Bird: A Wonder Story, which is soon to be a major motion picture. She lives in Brooklyn, New York with her husband, two sons and two dogs (Bear and Beau).

Follow her on Twitter: @RJPalacio

R. J. Palacio was born and raised in New York City. She attended the High School of Art and Design and the Parsons School of Design, where she majored in illustration. She was a graphic designer and an art director for many years before writing her critically acclaimed debut novel, Wonder, which ...

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