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Wonder :Illustrated Anniversary Edition

Wonder

Wonder :Illustrated Anniversary Edition

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Published: 28 April, 2022
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A stunning illustrated edition featuring original colour artwork by Tad Carpenter, the artist behind Wonder's iconic cover, which celebrates ten years of this bestselling global phenomenon.

'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 facial difference, Auggie has been home-schooled by his parents his whole life. Now, for the first time, he's being sent to school. 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 and astonishingly moving novel to read in one sitting, pass on to others, and remember long after the final page, this special anniversary edition also features an afterword from the author on ten years of Wonder.

Prizes

Winner of Wirral Grammar School Book Awards 2013,Commended for Berkshire Book Award 2013 (UK),Short-listed for Wandsworth Schools Fabulous Book Award 2014 (UK),Short-listed for Golden Dragon Hong Kong Award 2014 (UK),Short-listed for Hampshire Book Award 2015 (UK),Long-listed for UKLA Book Award 2012 (UK),Long-listed for Carnegie Medal 2013 (UK)

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More Details

Type Book
ISBN13 9780241574621
ISBN10 0241574625
Number Of Pages 368
Item Weight 772 g
Product Dimensions 162 x 224 x 30 mm
Publisher / Reseller Penguin Random House Children's UK
Format hardback
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Media Reviews

Remarkable . . . It has the power to move hearts and change minds * Guardian *
Incredibly charming, brutal and brilliant * Observer *
It wreaks emotional havoc . . . To finish it with a firm resolve to be a better person - well, you can't ask much more of any book than that * Independent *
When the kids have finished with this, the adults will want to read it. Everybody should * Financial Times *
Awesome . . . So authentic you'll swear a kid wrote the book. And yes, that's a good thing * Glamour *
An amazing book . . . I absolutely loved it. I cried my eyes out -- Tom Fletcher
What a gem of a story. Moving and heart-warming. This book made me laugh, made me angry, made me cry -- Malorie Blackman
I am terrifically jealous of everybody that gets to read Wonder for the first time. Every page is honest, brave and delightful. The most sparkly book I've come across for whiles -- Laura Dockrill
It’s one of those rare books with almost universal appeal: it will make you laugh, cry and break your heart * The Bookseller *
Thoughtful but never preachy. A great book -- Sophie Kinsella

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Author's Bio

R. J. Palacio (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

Tad Carpenter (Illustrator)
Tad Carpenter is a designer, a writer and a New York Times bestselling illustrator. He illustrated the iconic cover of Wonder. Tad co-runs the design and branding studio Carpenter Collective with his wife and partner, Jessica Carpenter, where they have worked with clients ranging from Target, Coca-Cola, Macy's, Adobe, Nick Jr. and Conan O'Brien, to name a few. Tad has written and illustrated over twenty books for people of all ages.

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