![]() ![]() ![]() In White Bird, her latest book and first graphic novel, Palacio stays with the theme of difference. The story of Wonder continued to grow in Auggie and Me: Three Wonder Stories (2015), finding new readers, young and not-so-young, who were moved by the subtle messages Palacio deftly packed into her tales. If adults avert their eyes when they see Auggie, small children run away in terror, and those close to his age bully and humiliate him. It is a source of mortification for him and sorrow for his loving parents. August's distinctive feature is his face, which was deformed at birth. ![]() Although the book was classified as young-adult fiction, it touched readers irrespective of age, and in spite of its unlikely protagonist.Īugust (nicknamed Auggie), the 10-year-old boy around whom Palacio built her story, is special, but not in the way, say, Harry Potter is. Palacio published her first novel, Wonder, little did she expect it to hit the best-seller list and then stay there for weeks, selling 16 million copies to date. ![]()
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