Wonder /
R.J. Palacio.
- 1st ed.
- New York : Knopf, c2012.
- 315 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
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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 taunts and fear of his classmates as he struggles to be seen as just another student.