R.J. Palacio wrote the bestselling children's novel "Wonder," after a chance encounter with a young girl at an ice cream shop with her two sons. November 18, 2017 Additional Live Streams ...

Wonder, which has sold more than ... Tell me about that. R.J. Palacio: We found ourselves sitting right next to a little girl who had a very significant facial difference. My younger son was ...

The moment that led to the bestselling children’s novel Wonder — with its message about the power of kindness that is now at the center of a new movie — is one that author R.J. Palacio ...

In Wonder, R.J ... Palacio tells NPR's Michele Norris that the book was inspired by a real-life encounter with her own kids six years ago. They were at an ice cream store and sat next to a little ...

"When given the choice between being right or being kind, choose kind," Palacio writes. This week on The MashReads Podcast, we talk to R.J. Palacio about her novel Wonder and kindness. Mashable ...

Lionsgate nabbed the rights to “White Bird: A Wonder Story,” a forthcoming graphic novel from author R.J. Palacio ... novel centers on a young Jewish girl hidden away by a boy and his family ...

Raquel Jaramillo's debut novel, Wonder, written under the pen name R.J. Palacio, was born out of a ... They spotted a girl whose face had been deformed by a medical condition.

Wonder is a book about Auggie Pullman, a 10-year-old boy born with a facial deformity, struggling to navigate public school in the US. Although his family loves him for who he is, he gets bullied ...

R.J. Palacio has said that she wrote Wonder after she saw a young child ... Auggie also makes friends with a girl called Summer. Everyone goes to school in fancy dress for Halloween.