Wonder You Can't Blend In When You Were Born To Stand Out

Literary Awards Josette Frank Award (2013), Texas Bluebonnet Award Nominee (2013), West Australian Young Readers' Book Award (WAYRBA) for Younger Readers (2013), South Carolina Book Award for Children's Book (2014), Vermont Golden Dome Book Award (2014)
Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award (2015), Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for Preis der Jugendjury (2014), New Mexico Land of Enchantment Award for Children (2014), California Young Readers Medal for Intermediate (2015), James Cook Book Award Nominee (2013), Judy Lopez Memorial Award for Children's Literature (2013), Louisiana Young Readers' Choice for Grades 3-5 (2015), NAIBA Book of the Year for Middle Readers (2012), Waterstones Children's Book Prize for 5-12 years (2013), Washington State Sasquatch Award Nominee (2015), Bluestem Book Award (2014), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Middle Grade & Children's (2012), Carnegie Medal Nominee (2013), North Carolina Children's Book Award (2014), Premio El Templo de las Mil Puertas Nominee for Mejor novela extranjera independiente (2012), Rhode Island Children’s Book Award (2014), FAB Award Nominee (2014), Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award (2014), Hea Lasteraamat (2014). I won’t describe what I look like. Whatever you’re thinking, it’s probably worse.

August Pullman was born with a facial difference that, up until now, has prevented him from going to a mainstream school. Starting 5th grade at Beecher Prep, he wants nothing more than to be treated as an ordinary kid—but his new classmates can’t get past Auggie’s extraordinary face. Wonder, begins from Auggie’s point of view, but soon switches to include his classmates, his sister, her boyfriend, and others.