Wonder

About “Wonder”

Wonder is a children's novel written by R. J. Palacio and published on 14 February 2012. The book was inspired by an incident where Palacio's son reacted emotionally to a girl with a severe facial difference. Palacio tried to remove her son from the situation but made it worse. Natalie Merchant's song Wonder influenced her to write the book, and she named it after the song. The song's chorus became the prologue of the first chapter.