Although August Pullman was born with a facial deformity, he’s a normal ten-year-old boy. He plays video games and loves Star Wars. He has a loving family and studies at home, until his parents decide it’s time to go to real school.
August Pullman est né avec un visage difforme, mais c’est un enfant de dix ans tout à fait normal qui aime jouer aux jeux vidéo et regarder Star Wars. Sa famille l’aime beaucoup et il étudie chez lui jusqu’à ce que ses parents décident que le moment est venu de fréquenter une véritable école.
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.
Raquel J. Palacio / R. J. Palacio is a pseudonym of: Raquel Jaramillo