R J Palacio Biography

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The book that I decided to read this summer was called “Wonder” written by R.J Palacio. The reason I chose this book was because I thought the picture on the cover was pretty interesting. It stood out to me, like as if it were saying to read it. When I read it I found that it was an inspirational story about a little 10 year old boy named August. All he wanted to be was to be like everyone else, to be what he called “normal”. August was a boy who had a mandibulofacial disease it’s commonly known as Treacher Collins Syndrome and a Cleft Palate. The little boy was always homeschooled due to all the surgeries he had when he was younger. Now he doesn’t have any more so his parents thought it was time for him to go to school. The kids at school

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