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Wonder is a contemporary children's novel written by R. J. Palacio [ 2 ] and published on 14 February 2012. Wonder is in part inspired by an incident where the author's son started to cry after noticing a girl with a severe facial deformity. Inspiration was also pulled from Natalie Merchant 's song of the same name.
Wonder is a 2017 American coming-of-age family comedy-drama directed by Stephen Chbosky, who co-wrote the screenplay with Steven Conrad and Jack Thorne. It is based on the 2012 novel of the same name by R. J. Palacio and stars Julia Roberts , Owen Wilson , Jacob Tremblay , Mandy Patinkin , and Daveed Diggs .
Born. (1963-07-13) July 13, 1963 (age 61) New York City, U.S. Occupation. Author. Raquel Jaramillo Palacio (born July 13, 1963) is an American author and graphic designer. [1][2] She is the author of several novels for children, including the best-selling Wonder, which was adapted into a 2017 film starring Julia Roberts and Owen Wilson. [1][3]
The Wonder (film) The Wonder. (film) The Wonder is a 2022 period psychological drama film directed by Sebastián Lelio. Emma Donoghue, Lelio, and Alice Birch wrote the screenplay based on the 2016 novel of the same name by Donoghue. Set shortly after the Great Famine, it follows an English nurse sent to a rural Irish village to observe a young ...
The Wonder. (Donoghue novel) The Wonder is a 2016 novel by Irish-Canadian novelist Emma Donoghue. Set in post-famine Ireland, the novel follows English nurse Elizabeth Wright as she cares for a supposed miraculous girl, who has survived without sustenance for four months. The novel received positive reviews upon release and was nominated for ...
Wonder, a company managed by Bernard Tapie. The Wonder (horse), a French-bred Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. The Wonder (pub), pub in Enfield, London, England. Wonders of the World, various lists to catalogue the world's most spectacular natural wonders and manmade structures. Wonder Bread, a type of pre-sliced bread, originally made in the ...
The Book of Wonder is the seventh book and fifth original short story collection of Irish fantasy writer Lord Dunsany, considered a major influence on the work of J. R. R. Tolkien, H. P. Lovecraft, Ursula K. Le Guin, and others. It was first published in hardcover by William Heinemann in November 1912, and has been reprinted a number of times ...
How and Why Wonder Books were a series of American illustrated books published in the 1960s and 1970s that were designed to teach science and history to children and young teenagers. The series began in 1960 and was edited under the supervision of Paul E. Blackwood of the Office of Education at the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare.