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Wonder

  • Imprint: Puffin

  • ISBN: 9780141378817

  • Length: 485  Minutes

  • Dimensions: 139mm x 24mm x 142mm

  • Weight: 213g

  • RRP: £14.99

Wonder

  • R J Palacio

  • Diana Steele (Read by)

  • Kate Rudd (Read by)

  • Nick Podehl (Read by)

Penguin presents the complete, unabridged audiobook of Wonder by R. J. Palacio, read by Nick Podehl, Kate Rudd and Diana Steele.

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

Astonishingly powerful, WONDER is a read you'll never forget.

  • Imprint: Puffin

  • ISBN: 9780141378817

  • Length: 485  Minutes

  • Dimensions: 139mm x 24mm x 142mm

  • Weight: 213g

  • RRP: £14.99

Reviews

  • Remarkable . . . It has the power to move hearts and change minds

    Guardian

  • Incredibly charming, brutal and brilliant

    Observer

  • It wreaks emotional havoc

    Independent

  • Everybody should [read it]

    Financial Times

  • Jodi Picoult for beginners

    Irish Times

  • It will delight children and adults

    Telegraph

  • So authentic you'll swear a kid wrote the book

    Glamour

  • Funny, touching, honest, and uplifting - though there's plenty of opportunity for tears, too

    Daily Mail

  • Rich and memorable

    New York Times

  • Tremendously uplifting and a novel of all-too-rare power . . . an unforgettable, deeply moving character

    Sunday Express

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About the Author

R J Palacio

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, and sold over 16 million copies worldwide. 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. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband, two sons and two dogs (Bear and Beau). Learn more about her at www.wonderthebook.com or on Twitter at @RJPalacio.

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Wonder by R. J. Palacio

In Wonder, R. J. Palacio's life-affirming and sometimes heartbreaking story, a facially disfigured boy named August navigates his way through his first year at middle school. Read an extract from the opening chapters.
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