R. J. Palacio
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Ten-year-old Auggie Pullman, who was born with extreme facial abnormalities and was not expected to survive, goes from being home-schooled to entering fifth grade at a private middle school in Manhattan, which entails enduring the taunting and fear of his classmates as he struggles to be seen as just another student.
2) Poni
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Twelve-year-old Silas is left scared and shaken by himself after three mysterious horsemen take his father away in the night. Left with no companionship except that of Mittenwool, a ghost, and a strange pony who shows up at his door uninvited, Silas mounts up and sets out on a journey across the Western American landscape to find his father and help him make sense of the mysteries of the past, future, and the changing world around him.
