- I read a brilliant book the other day - 'Wonder' by R. J. Palacio.  Has anyone else read it?  It's about a young boy called August who has a facial abnormality and struggles to fit in at a new school.  The blurb compared it to 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime' but I didn't especially enjoy that, whereas 'Wonder' kept me reading ( Read more... )