Wonder

“Incredibly charming, brutal and brilliant” Observer “What a gem of a story. Moving and heart-warming. This book made me laugh, made me angry, made me cry” – Malorie Blackman “The breakout publishing sensation of 2012 will come courtesy of Palacio, a New York graphic designer whose debut novel, Wonder, is destined to go the way of Mark Haddon’s The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and then some … It is dark, funny, touching and no Tube carriage will be without a copy this year” The Times “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

R. J. Palacio is a graphic designer by day and a writer by night. She lives in New York City with her family and a black dog called Bear. Her critically acclaimed debut novel, WONDER, has sold over a million copies worldwide and has spent over two years in the UK and US bestseller charts.