The author does a lovely and considered job of ensuring that Julian is not simply an evil child intent on wreaking havoc. My problem is that everything’s different since he’s been coming to my school. I know it can’t be easy for him to look in the mirror every day, or walk down the street. What emerges is a sometimes surprising, occasionally infuriating and always compelling narrative told in a distinctive young boy’s voice: Hence, this new additional chapter, published last year. While almost everyone in Wonder - including Auggie’s parents and siblings, fellow students and even his teacher - gets their turn to narrate a chapter, one voice is missing: the reader never gets to hear Julian’s side of the story. At Beecher Prep, his fortunes are mixed and one particular student - Julian - bullies him because of the way he looks. Up until now, Auggie has been home educated because he was born with a serious facial deformity requiring 27 different operations. The original book chronicles 10-year-old August “Auggie” Pullman’s efforts to fit in and become accepted by his peers at the first mainstream school he’s ever attended. About five seconds later I had The Julian Chapter downloaded on to my Kindle… the wonder (no wordplay intended) of modern technology. Palacio’s Wonder. It was such a powerful story, with a universal message, that I banged on about it for months afterwards (to anyone who would listen), bought copies for friends and family, and added it to my top 10 reads for 2013.Īnd then, some time last year, I discovered that the author had written an additional chapter for the book, which could be bought separately in ebook format. Fiction – Kindle edition RHCP Digital 88 pages 2014.Ībout 18 months ago I did something I don’t normally do: I read a children’s book - R.J.

The julian chapter by rj palacio