R.J. Palacio





R.J. Palacio

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R. J. PALACIO lives in NYC with her husband, two sons, and two dogs. For more than twenty years, she was an art director and graphic designer, designing book jackets for other people while waiting for the perfect time in her life to start writing her own novel. But one day several years ago, a chance encounter with an extraordinary child in front of an ice cream store made R. J. realize that the perfect time to write that novel had finally come. Wonder is her first novel. She did not design the cover, but she sure does love it.


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Spoiler alert: please don’t read this if you haven’t read Wonder and don’t want a major plot point revealed.


In a recent review of my book, Wonder, The Irish Times reviewer questions why Darth Daisy, the family dog, had to die. It’s not the first time I’ve heard this question. I’ve read a few blog reviews in which the writers were actually angered by Daisy’s passing, intimating that I put it in...

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Average rating: 4.42 · 3,159 ratings · 1,013 reviews · 1 distinct work
Wonder
4.42 of 5 stars 4.42 avg rating — 3,153 ratings — published 2012 — 13 editions
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“I think there should be a rule that everyone in the world should get a standing ovation at least once in their lives.”
R.J. Palacio, Wonder

“Kinder than is necessary. Because it's not enough to be kind. One should be kinder than needed.”
R.J. Palacio, Wonder

“The things we do outlast our mortality. The things we do are like monuments that people build to honor heroes after they've died. They're like the pyramids that the Egyptians built to honor the pharaohs. Only instead of being made of stone, they're made out of the memories people have of you.”
R.J. Palacio, Wonder

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