White Bird: A Wonder Story (A Graphic Novel)

Soon to be a major motion picture, starring�Helen Mirren and Gillian Anderson!�R. J. Palacio��s unforgettable graphic novel debut is a story about the power of kindness and unrelenting courage in a time of war.

SYDNEY TAYLOR AWARD WINNER �� A NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR ���NEW YORK TIMES�BESTSELLER

In R. J. Palacio��s bestselling collection of stories�Auggie & Me, which expands on characters in�Wonder, readers were introduced to Julian��s grandmother, Grandm猫re. Here, Palacio makes her graphic novel debut with Grandm猫re��s heartrending story: how she, a young Jewish girl, was hidden by a family in a Nazi-occupied French village during World War II; how the boy she and her classmates once shunned became her savior and best friend.

Sara��s harrowing experience movingly demonstrates the power of kindness to change hearts, build bridges, and even save lives. As Grandm猫re tells Julian, ��It always takes courage to be kind, but in those days, such kindness could cost you everything.�� With poignant symbolism and gorgeous artwork that brings Sara��s story out of the past and cements it firmly in this moment in history,�White Bird�is sure to captivate anyone who was moved by the book�Wonder�or the blockbuster movie adaptation and its message.

Praise for�White Bird:

��At once�expressive and chaste,�an elusive but ideal combination.�����New York Times

��A story that�shows the impact of the Second World War�and the rise of fascism�on what had been a pastoral, fairy-tale childhood, with�White Bird�pulling no punches�in connecting that historical moment to what��s happening in the world today.�����The Hollywood Reporter

��Extraordinarily powerful��.�White Bird�does not shrink from depicting the terror and violence of the Nazi occupation for younger readers, and respects the ability of those readers to handle strong material.�����Forbes

��A must-read�graphic novel that is both�heart-rending�and�beautifully hopeful.�����Kirkus Reviews, starred review

��R.J. Palacio�brings to life�the�nature of heroism�and the real risks we face today.�� ��Meg Medina, Newbery award-winning author of�Mercy Suarez Changes Gears

��Rare, superb, timely,�and�timeless.�����Mark Siegel, author of the 5 Worlds graphic novel series