Wonder

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.

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

People: August Pullman

Places: Beecher Prep,  New York,  Manhattan,  Manhattan (New York, N.Y.),  New York (State)

Times: 2011