Title:
Wonder
Bibliographic Information:
Bibliographic Information:
Palacio, R.J. (2012). Wonder. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
Weekly Requirement:
Reading for Pleasure High School/Middle School
Plot Description:
Wonder is the story of a young boy named August "Auggie" Pullman. Auggie has a Treacher Collins syndrome, a rare craniofacial deformity. He has always been home schooled due to medical issues, but when he is enters fifth grade his parents decide it is time for him to attend Beecher Prep school. Auggie is nervous about going to school but decides to give it a try. Auggie has a difficult time making friends at the school. The other children are uncomfortable around him, and some are even mean to him, especially a boy named Julian. As the year passes Auggie slowly starts to make friends and feel more comfortable at school. He learns and grows a great deal over the course of a year, as do those around him. The story is told from Auggie's point of view as well as the point of view of his sister Via, her boyfriend Justin, Via's friend Miranda, and Auggie's friends Summer and Jack Will.
Quantitative Reading Level:
Weekly Requirement:
Reading for Pleasure High School/Middle School
Plot Description:
Wonder is the story of a young boy named August "Auggie" Pullman. Auggie has a Treacher Collins syndrome, a rare craniofacial deformity. He has always been home schooled due to medical issues, but when he is enters fifth grade his parents decide it is time for him to attend Beecher Prep school. Auggie is nervous about going to school but decides to give it a try. Auggie has a difficult time making friends at the school. The other children are uncomfortable around him, and some are even mean to him, especially a boy named Julian. As the year passes Auggie slowly starts to make friends and feel more comfortable at school. He learns and grows a great deal over the course of a year, as do those around him. The story is told from Auggie's point of view as well as the point of view of his sister Via, her boyfriend Justin, Via's friend Miranda, and Auggie's friends Summer and Jack Will.
Quantitative Reading Level:
Lexile 790
Qualitative Reading Analysis:
The story is told in American English in chronological order. The shifting in points of view adds complexity to the text. Auggie, Via, Justin, Miranda, Summer, and Jack Will all share their point of view with a first person narrative, which also adds complexity because of the different voices in the text. Mr. Browne's precepts add complexity to the text because they contain extended metaphors like John Donne's "No man is an island, entire of itself" and personification like Virgil's "Fortune favors the bold".
Content Area:
English Language Arts Reading Literature Grade 5
Maine Common Core Content Area Standard:
Qualitative Reading Analysis:
The story is told in American English in chronological order. The shifting in points of view adds complexity to the text. Auggie, Via, Justin, Miranda, Summer, and Jack Will all share their point of view with a first person narrative, which also adds complexity because of the different voices in the text. Mr. Browne's precepts add complexity to the text because they contain extended metaphors like John Donne's "No man is an island, entire of itself" and personification like Virgil's "Fortune favors the bold".
Content Area:
English Language Arts Reading Literature Grade 5
Maine Common Core Content Area Standard:
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.1
Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.2
Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text.
Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.3
Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., how characters interact).
Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., how characters interact).
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.5
Explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fits together to provide the overall structure of a particular story, drama, or poem.
Explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fits together to provide the overall structure of a particular story, drama, or poem.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.6
Describe how a narrator's or speaker's point of view influences how events are described.
Describe how a narrator's or speaker's point of view influences how events are described.
Curriculum Suggestion:
This book can be a great tool for teachers to use to teach students about treating others with compassion. It would be a great choice for students to read during November's Bullying Awareness Week. Teachers can also have students write their own precepts, something that is done by Auggie's teacher Mr. Browne. Examples of Mr. Browne's precepts can be found at http://rjpalacio.tumblr.com/post/17457757675/mr-brownes-precepts
Awards:
2014 Maine Student Book Award
Vermont's Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award
2013 E. B. White Read-Aloud Award for Middle Reader
Series Information:
Wonder is not part of a series, but R. J. Palacio has written to two stories based on Wonder. The first one is 365 Days of Wonder: Mr. Browne's Precepts, which is a compilation of 365 of Mr. Browne's precepts. The second one is called The Julian Chapter: The Wonder Story which is a chapter told from the mean boy Julian's point of view.
Wonder is not part of a series, but R. J. Palacio has written to two stories based on Wonder. The first one is 365 Days of Wonder: Mr. Browne's Precepts, which is a compilation of 365 of Mr. Browne's precepts. The second one is called The Julian Chapter: The Wonder Story which is a chapter told from the mean boy Julian's point of view.
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