biography website

NO RJ PALACIO   NO EDUCATION

WHEN DID SHE DO......

• 1933:  Father, Marco was born

• 1935:  Mother, Nelly was born

• 1963: RJ Palacio was finally born   

• 1983:  Attended THE HIGH OF ART & DESIGN (Manhattan)

• 1984:  Majored in illustration at PARSONS SCHOOL OF                     DESIGN (Paris) 

• 1987:  Studied at American University (Paris)

• 1991:  Worked as an art director ( THE VILLAGE VOICE )

• 2012:  Her first publications, WONDER

• 2012:  Wonder has been listed on NEW YORK TIME                           bestseller

• 2014:  Second published. 365 pays of WONDER

• 2018:  Andy read Wonder within 1 month     JOKEs???

 “Any act of kindness is an act of almost unadulterated courage.” (Hodson, 2012) This is what I have learnt from a woman with an incredible and implausible super power which breaks reader’s hearts, and makes them start crying, tears start falling, and the shoes start getting wet. This woman is totally different from us. She has designed over thousands of books in every genre of fiction and non-fiction. This story tells about how could she get the idea of Wonder (her first novel). On a trip outside New York City with her two young sons, Caleb and Joseph. She came across a little girl who was certain that she had Treacher-Collins syndrome. The little girl’s appearance shocked the woman and the two sons. “I was thinking in terms of the little girls feeling?” she wondered.” Mrs. Palacio (Peter, 2013).

 The author of Wonder, RJ Palacio is a graphic designer by day and writer by night who was born on July 13, 1963 in NYC. In the next few paragraphs I will describe the life of Palacio and let you explore how she created great stories for us to experience.

“When given the choice between being right or being kind, choose kind.” offered Marco (Joshua, 2013)

 Though her father, Marco Palacio who works as a tournament director at Interstate Poker Club. Her supportive mother, Nelly Jaramillo is an author of fiction and non-fiction. Mr. and Mrs. Palacio raised RJ up to be an adult with a precious quote, “life has taken this strange, unexpected turn.”

In addition, Palacio attended The High School of Art & Design in Manhattan, and then majored in illustration at the Parsons School of Design. She spent her junior year at American University in Paris. Because of her interest on Art and Design, she appeared in The Village Voice as an art director of several book publishing as her early jobs. Mrs. Palacio now is living in Brooklyn, NYC with her two sons, and two dogs, Bear and Beau, and they all live as a fairly typical family with great happiness.

 

 “Sometimes I think my head is so big because it is full of dreams!” (Goodreads.com) Her debut novel, Wonder has been on the list of New York Times bestseller since March, 2012 and has sold over 5 million copies worldwide. The book has an over 10 years old ordinary kid called Auggie who has been doing several times of plastic surgeries because of his weirdness. He always gets stared at wherever he goes, the only thing he could do is to look down. The book’s message of kindness has inspired the choose kindness movement, and it has been embraced by readers, young and old around the world. Since its publication on February 14, 2012, Wonder has become the favourite of teachers and educators all over the world. 365 pays of Wonder, (August, 2014), and Auggie & Me (October, 2015) are other famous publication of Mrs. Palacio which include the extra stories of the original novels.

  

 “Incredibly charming, brutal & brilliant.” quoted by Andy. C. After I read though all the pages in the book, I realized that we ought to never ever judge a boy by his face. Everyone should just follow the day and reach for the sun! “If you read one book this year, make it this one, it has the power to strike at your hearts and change your mind.” (Andy, 2018)



REFERENCES

1.     1) RJ Palacio of a graphic designer (1963). Idea of Wonder. Retrieved from  https://wonderthebook.com/about

2.     2)  Marco Palacio (1933) Father of RJ. Interstate Poker Club. NYC, tournament director.  Retrieved from

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonder_(film)

3.    3) Nelly. P (1935) Mother of RJ. Author of fiction and non-fiction.

4.    4)  "WONDER". Lionsgate Press. Retrieved 2012-02-12.

1.    5) Joshua. R (2013). The blazing purple. Retrieved from

       https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/wonder/

FUN POETRY

 Do all the strengths you can,                             Think about what you have on your hands 

   By all the means you can,                                We have powers on our hands,

  

   In all the seconds you can,                               We have fingers on our hands,

   In all the minutes you can,                                We have times on our hands,

   In all the hours you can,                                    Do what you can't with you hands,     

   To all the people you can,                                  To all the people when you have hands,

 As long as you ever can.                                     As much as you have on your hands.

INTERVIEW  Justin. B from YHKCC 

Reporter(me) : Well, I'm Andy from NYC daily. I would like to ask you something about a 
famousauthor, RJ Palacio. 

Justin : Go ahead!

Reporter(me) : First of all, what do you know about her? Like her personality, and 
accomplishment, etc.  

Justin : Um..... The first thing I noticed R.J. is her incredible optimism. Even while talking
 about school bullying, she refuses to believe that children are inherently mean. “I feel like
 kids really do want to do good, they want to be their best selves, and sometimes they don’t  
know how to do that. There’s never a kid who’s irredeemable,” That's what she said, 
it's interesting in reality           
               

Reporter(me) : I know right ! ! ! ! !  What about her accomplishment? Do u know any publication
 of her? And plus can u briefly summary the book that you would like to say?

Justin : Sure! ! ! Like u know Wonder, that's a major theme of Palacio's best-selling book Wonder, which was recently adapted into a movie staring Julia Roberts and Owen Wilson. As I remember, the book is the novel for young readers follows a year in the life of Auggie Pullman, a 10-year-old boy who is starting the 5th grade. Auggie was born with facial differences resulting in numerous surgeries, which have kept him homeschooled and away from his peers until now. Now, entering school for the first time,Auggie and his community must find the courage to accept each other, despite their differences.

Reporter(me) : You're so smart! ! !

Justin : By the way to outlining Auggie's journey, Wonder is a moving treatise on the power of 
extreme kindness in the face of unthinkable adversity.

Reporter(me) : You're brilliant ! ! ! Anyway, thanks for coming our interview show, you may keep singing songs for the show.

#2 DIARY

Dear Diary,   
                                                                                                                20th March, 2012
      " Ding! Ding, Ding! Ding, Ding, Ding! " As I woke up this morning, a telephone call came to me. " Hello, who is calling please? " wondered me. " This is New York Times Daily, we would like to inform you that your new publication has been on the list of bestseller.  Congratulations! You are given 100,000 US dollars as a gift." said the reporter. " OMG! Thanks GOD! "  


       The other call came to me. "Hello, this is from UK Youtube. Since your youtube channel has been subscribed over 10 million, and all your videos have been liked with about 10 million as well. You know what? You are going to receive 10,000,000 US dollars as a congratulation. Please keep checking your bank account. Bye! Bye! " I was surprised by Youtube. Anyway, thanks Jesus, thanks God, thanks Christian. I planned to use half of these money for charity, helping the people who are needed. And the rest of it, I planned to use for the meals, schools for my kids, and trips for our family. That's what I want. 



       Most of her publications are messaging of kindness has  inspired the choose kind movement and has been embraced by readers, young and old in the world.