This National Book Award Finalist is now a major motion picture -- one of the most buzzed-about films at Sundance 2013, starring Shailene Woodley (star of The Fault in our Stars and Divergent) and Miles Teller (star of Whiplash).

SUTTER KEELY. HE�??S the guy you want at your party. Heƒ??ll get everyone dancing. Heƒ?? ll get everyone in your parentsƒ?? pool. Okay, so heƒ??s not exactly a shining academic star. He has no plans for college and will probably end up folding menƒ??s shirts for a living. But there are plenty of ladies in town, and with the help of Dean Martin and Seagramƒ??s V.O., lifeƒ??s pretty fabuloso, actually.

Until the morning he wakes up on a random front lawn, and he meets Aimee. Aimeeƒ??s clueless. Aimee is a social disaster. Aimee needs help, and itƒ??s up to the Sutterman to show Aimee a splendiferous time and then let her go
forth and prosper. But Aimeeƒ??s not like other girls, and before long heƒ??s in way over his head. For the first time in his life, he has the power to make a difference in someone elseƒ??s lifeƒ??or ruin it forever.


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The extraordinary #1?�New York Times?ÿbestseller that has captivated over 1 million readers and inspired a movement to choose kind.

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

August Pullman was born with a facial difference 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 kidƒ??but his new classmates canƒ??t get past Auggieƒ??s extraordinary face. WONDER, now a #1?ÿNew York Times bestseller and included on the Texas Bluebonnet Award master list, begins from Auggieƒ??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 communityƒ??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 ƒ??a meditation on kindnessƒ? ƒ??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 canƒ??t blend in when you were born to stand out.


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"Ambitious, but never seeming so, Kent Haruf reveals a whole community as he interweaves the stories of a pregnant high school girl, a lonely teacher, a pair of boys abandoned by their mother, and a couple of crusty bachelor farmers. From simple elements, Haruf achieves a novel of wisdom and grace--a narrative that builds in strength and feeling until, as in a choral chant, the voices in the book surround, transport, and lift the reader off the ground."

-FROM THE CITATION FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD

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