Wonder. R.j palacio is the author of Wonder the spectacular book about a deformed boy, who starts at beacher prep school. If you think of a ugly face it will probably be 10 x worse. The cover susurrates and draws you in to read the amazing book. Auggie gradually makes friends and starts to fit in. His best friend Jack Will is losing his popularity because he is hanging out with Auggie. His sister is just starting high school and is having some downs.