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It is based on a brief experience with a real person. Palacio was inspired to write Wonder after taking her son to buy ice cream one day and witnessing him cry when a girl with facial birth defects sat next to him. She tried to move her son away...
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Auggie was born with a severe facial deformity that required multiple surgeries. When we first meet Auggie in the beginning of the novel, he's already been through twenty-seven surgeries.
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