帕拉西奥出生并成长于纽约市，现和丈夫、两个孩子以及两条狗一起生活在纽约布鲁克林。她毕业于帕森设计学院，主修插画，创作《奇迹男孩》前，曾担任平面设计艺术主管多年，年轻时曾梦想成为像圣埃克苏佩里、莫里斯•桑达克这样的童书作家、插画家。《奇迹男孩》是她的处女作，却一举成名，连续超过一百二十周蝉联《纽约时报》童书排行榜榜首。

I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse.

August Pullman was born with a facial deformity that, up until now, has prevented him from going to a mainstream school. Starting 5th grade at Beecher Prep, he wants nothing more than to be treated as an ordinary kid—but his new classmates can’t get past Auggie’s extraordinary face. WONDER , now a #1 New York Times bestseller and included on the Texas Bluebonnet Award master list, begins from Auggie’s point of view, but soon switches to include his classmates, his sister, her boyfriend, and others. These perspectives converge in a portrait of one community’s struggle with empathy, compassion, and acceptance.

"Wonder is the best kids' book of the year," said Emily Bazelon, senior editor at Slate.com and author of Sticks and Stones: Defeating the Culture of Bullying and Rediscovering the Power of Character and Empathy . In a world where bullying among young people is an epidemic, this is a refreshing new narrative full of heart and hope. R.J. Palacio has called her debut novel “a meditation on kindness” —indeed, every reader will come away with a greater appreciation for the simple courage of friendship. Auggie is a hero to root for, a diamond in the rough who proves that you can’t blend in when you were born to stand out.

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From the Hardcover edition.