Who wrote the young-adult novel Wonder, about Auggie Pullman?

R.J. Palacio wrote Wonder, the young-adult novel about Auggie Pullman. Published in 2012, it follows August “Auggie” Pullman, a boy with a facial difference who begins attending a mainstream school after being homeschooled.

Wonder uses multiple narrators rather than telling the entire story only through Auggie’s perspective. Chapters from characters including Via, Jack Will, Summer, and others show how kindness, fear, friendship, and peer pressure affect an entire school community. The structure encourages readers to consider how the same events look from different viewpoints.

Palacio has said the idea was connected to an encounter involving a child with a facial difference, which made her think about how children respond to unfamiliar appearances. The novel became a bestseller and inspired the “Choose Kind” message associated with its classroom and school themes. A film adaptation was released in 2017.