When Does "Wonder" (2012) Take Place?
"Wonder" is a drama novel written by R. J. Palacio and released February 14th, 2012.
It takes place in the years:
We know this because in the prologue of the graphic novel "White Bird" (2019), Julian Albans refers to the events of this novel as happening "last year" and that prologue takes place in 2018 AD.
2016 AD - 2017 AD
We know this because in the prologue of the graphic novel "White Bird" (2019), Julian Albans refers to the events of this novel as happening "last year" and that prologue takes place in 2018 AD.
2018 - 1 = 2017.
The story covers the duration of an entire school year, so it takes place from before September of 2016 AD to graduation in May or June of 2017 AD.
This Book Analysis article examines its exact setting.
It is the first chronological novel in the Wonder series. [Expanded elements enrich the experience: it can be read after "White Bird" (2019), before it, or entirely separately.]
