Wonder
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
Wonder
AUTHOR:
Palacio, R. J.
ISBN:
9780552565974
PUBLICATION_INFO:
London : Corgi Book, 2013
PHYSICAL_DESC:
315 p. ; 20 cm
ABSTRACT:
Wonder is the funny, sweet and incredibly moving story of Auggie Pullman. Auggie wants to be an ordinary ten-year-old, but he is far from ordinary. 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. Auggie sees himself as just an ordinary kid and all he wants is to be accepted. But can he convince his new classmates that he's just like them, underneath it all?
SUBJECT:
| Abnormalities, Human -- Juvenile fiction |
| Self-acceptance -- Juvenile fiction |
| Middle schools -- Juvenile fiction |
| Schools -- Juvenile fiction |
BIBSUMMARY:
Wonder is the funny, sweet and incredibly moving story of Auggie Pullman. Auggie wants to be an ordinary ten-year-old, but he is far from ordinary. 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. Auggie sees himself as just an ordinary kid and all he wants is to be accepted. But can he convince his new classmates that he's just like them, underneath it all?