Wonder

Awards🏆
Winner (2012) - New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association Award - (Middle Readers)
Winner (2012) - Cybils - (Middle Grade Fiction)
Winner (2012) - NAPPA Gold Awards - (Tweens & Teens)
Winner (2012 - 2013) - Great Stone Face Book Award - (Grades 4-6)
Nominee (2013 - 2014) - Delaware Diamonds Award - (Middle School)
Winner (2013) - Buckeye Children's Book Award - (Grades 3-5)
Winner (2013) - E.B. White Read Aloud Award - (Middle Readers)
Winner (2013 - 2014) - Black-Eyed Susan Award - (Grades 6-9)
Nominee (2013 - 2014) - Alabama Camellia Award - (Grades 4-5)
Winner (2013 - 2014) - South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award - (Children's)
Winner (2013 - 2014) - Land of Enchantment Book Award - (Children's)
Winner (2013) - Children's Book Committee Award - (Fiction)
Winner (2013) - Christopher Awards - (Books for Young People)
Winner (2014 - 2015) - Volunteer State Book Awards - (Intermediate)
Winner (2014 - 2015) - Mark Twain Readers Award - (Grades 4-6)
Winner (2014) - Maine Student Book Award - (Grades 4-8)
Nominee (2014 - 2015) - Volunteer State Book Awards - (Middle School)
Runner-Up (2014) - Nene Award - (Children's Fiction)
Nominee (2014) - Sunshine State Young Reader's Award - (Grades 6-8)
Winner (2014) - Virginia Readers Choice Award - (Middle School)
Winner (2014) - Rhode Island Children's Book Awards - (Grades 3-6)
Winner (2014) - North Carolina Children's Book Award - (Junior Book)
Winner (2014) - Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award - (Grades 4-8)
Winner (2014) - Flicker Tale Children's Book Award - (Juvenile)
Winner (2014) - Golden Sower Award - (Intermediate)
Winner (2014 - 2015) - Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award - (Grades 4-6)
Winner (2014) - Colorado Children's Book Award - (Junior Novel)
Winner (2014) - Charlotte Award - (Middle School/Grades 6-8)
Winner (2014) - Beehive Awards - (Fiction)
Winner (2014) - Kentucky Bluegrass Award - (Grades 3-5)
Nominee (2014) - Iowa Teen Award - (Young Adult)
Nominee (2014) - Keystone to Reading Book Award - (Intermediate)
Winner (2015) - Young Hoosier Book Award - (Intermediate)
Winner (2015) - California Young Reader Medal - (Intermediate)
Winner (2015) - Young Reader's Choice Award - (Junior/Grades 4-6)
Nominee (2015) - Nevada Young Readers' Award - (Intermediate)
Winner (2015) - Nene Award - (Children's Fiction)
Winner (2015) - Grand Canyon Reader Award - (Intermediate)
Winner (2015) - Sasquatch Award - (Children/Young Adult)
Nominee (2015) - Evergreen Young Adult Book Award - (Young Adult)
Winner (2015) - Golden Archer Award - (Intermediate)

Contributor(s):

Author: R. J. Palacio

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING JULIA ROBERTS, OWEN WILSON, AND JACOB TREMBLAY

Over 6 million people have read the #1 New York Times bestseller WONDER and have fallen in love with Auggie Pullman, an ordinary boy with an extraordinary face.

The book that inspired the Choose Kind movement.

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. WONDER , now a #1 New York Times bestseller and included on the Texas Bluebonnet Award master list, 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.

"Wonder is the best kids' book of the year," said Emily Bazelon, senior editor at Slate.com and author of Sticks and Stones: Defeating the Culture of Bullying and Rediscovering the Power of Character and Empathy. 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.

Join the conversation: #thewonderofwonder

 
Review citations

Booklist / Best Of The Best/Highly Recommended - pg. 77 - 02/01/2012 Booklist / Exceptional Presentation - pg. 77 - 02/01/2012 Booklist / Book Of Special Distinction - pg. 77 - 02/01/2012 Booklist / Top 15 Book Of The Year - pg. 77 - 02/01/2012 Booklist / Highly Recommended - pg. 77 - 02/01/2012 Entertainment Weekly - pg. 77 - 02/17/2012 Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks - 03/01/2012 New York Times Book Review - pg. 24 - 04/08/2012 New York Times Book Review - pg. 30 - 04/15/2012 Horn Book Magazine - pg. 126 - 07/01/2012 Publishers Weekly Best Books - pg. 40 - 11/05/2012 Kirkus Best Children's Books - pg. 73 - 11/15/2012 SLJ's Best Books - pg. 32 - 12/01/2012 Entertainment Weekly - pg. 111 - 11/14/2014 Hornbook Guide to Children / Below Average - pg. 78 - 07/01/2012 Hornbook Guide to Children / Excellent - pg. 78 - 07/01/2012 Hornbook Guide to Children / Recommended - Better Than Most - pg. 78 - 07/01/2012 School Library Journal - 02/01/2012