Wonder

Resource Information

The work Wonder represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Coweta Public Library System. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

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Label

Wonder

Statement of responsibility

R.J. Palacio

Creator

• truePalacio, R. J

Contributor

• Alfred A. Knopf, Inc

Publisher

• Alfred A. Knopf, Inc

Subject

• Students -- Juvenile fiction
• trueSelf-acceptance in boys
• Abnormalities, Human -- Fiction
• Abnormalities, Human -- Juvenile fiction
• trueBirth defects
• trueBoys with disfigurements
• Brothers and sisters -- Juvenile fiction
• Divorce -- Juvenile fiction
• Dust jackets (Bindings) -- 2012
• trueKindness in children
• trueMiddle school students
• trueMiddle schools
• Middle schools -- Fiction
• Middle schools -- Juvenile fiction
• Parent and child -- Juvenile fiction
• trueSchools
• Schools -- Fiction
• Schools -- Juvenile fiction
• trueSelf-acceptance
• Self-acceptance -- Juvenile fiction
• Self-acceptance -- Fiction
• trueTen-year-old boys

Genre

• Fiction
• Juvenile fiction
• Dust jackets (Bindings)

Language

eng

Summary

Ten-year-old Auggie Pullman, who was born with extreme facial abnormalities and was not expected to survive, goes from being home-schooled to entering fifth grade at a private middle school in Manhattan, which entails enduring the taunting and fear of his classmates as he struggles to be seen as just another student

Storyline

• trueCharacter-driven

Tone

• trueAngst-filled
• trueMoving

Writing style

• trueThoughtful

Award

• ALA Notable Children's Book, 2013
• Beehive Children's Fiction Book Award (Utah), 2014.
• Black-Eyed Susan Book Award (Maryland), Grades 6-9, 2014.
• Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth, 2012
• Bluestem Award: Illinois' Grades 3-5 Readers' Choice Award, 2014.
• Buckeye Children's Book Award (Ohio), Grades 3-5, 2013.
• California Young Reader Medal, Intermediate, 2015.
• Charlotte Award (New York), Middle School, 2014.
• Colorado Children's Book Award, Junior Book, 2014.
• E.B. White Read-Aloud Awards, Middle Reader (formerly Indies' Choice Book Awards, Middle Reader), 2013.
• Flicker Tale Children's Book Award (North Dakota) for Juvenile Fiction, 2014.
• Georgia Children's Book Award, 2014.
• Golden Archer Awards (Wisconsin): Intermediate, 2015.
• Golden Sower Award (Nebraska), Grades 4-6, 2014.
• Grand Canyon Reader Award (Arizona), Intermediate Book Category, 2015.
• Great Lakes Great Books Award (Michigan), Grades 6-8, 2014.
• Great Stone Face Children's Book Award (New Hampshire), 2013
• Indian Paintbrush Book Award (Wyoming), 2014.
• Josette Frank Award, 2013.
• Kentucky Bluegrass Award for Grades 3-5, 2014.
• Land of Enchantment Book Award (New Mexico), Children's category, 2014.
• Maine Student Book Award, 2014.
• Mark Twain Award (Missouri), 2015.
• Nene Award (Hawaii), 2015.
• North Carolina Children's Book Award, Junior Books category, 2014.
• Prairie Pasque Children's Book Award (South Dakota), 2014.
• Rebecca Caudill Young Reader's Book Award (Illinois), 2014.
• School Library Journal Best Books, 2012.
• South Carolina Book Award, Children’s Books, 2014.
• Virginia Readers' Choice Award for Middle School, 2014.
• West Australian Young Readers' Book Award (WAYRBA), Younger Readers, 2013.
• Young Hoosier Book Award, Intermediate Books, 2015.
• Young Reader's Choice Award (Pacific Northwest), Junior, 2015.
• Sasquatch Book Award (Washington)

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

[Fic]

Index

no index present

Intended audience

790

Intended audience source

Lexile

LC call number

PZ7.P17526

LC item number

Wo 2012

Literary form

novels

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 4
• 7

Target audience

pre adolescent