R. J. Palacio

We've reviewed 2 books by R. J. Palacio, an American author whose children's fiction approaches empathy through structure: rather than telling one story from a single viewpoint, she shifts narrators so readers see the same events through different eyes. That technique defines both titles we've covered — Wonder, which follows ten-year-old Auggie Pullman through his first year at Beecher Prep after years of homeschooling, and Auggie & Me: Three Wonder Stories, a companion volume that moves Auggie to the background and hands the narrative to three of his schoolmates. Both carry strong reader ratings on Amazon, with Wonder at 4.7/5 from over 87,000 ratings and Auggie & Me at 4.8/5 from over 7,300.