365 Days of Wonder: Mr. Browne's Book of Precepts
In Wonder, readers were introduced to memorable English teacher Mr. Browne and his love of precepts. Simply put, precepts are principles to live by, and Mr. Browne has compiled 365 of them – one for each day of the year – drawn from popular songs to children's books to inscriptions on Egyptian tombstones to fortune cookies. His selections celebrate kindness, hopefulness, the goodness of human beings, the strength of people's hearts, and the power of people's wills. Interspersed with the precepts are letters and emails from characters who appeared in Wonder. Readers hear from Summer, Jack, Charlotte, Julian, and Amos.
There's something for everyone here, with words of wisdom from such noteworthy people as Anne Frank, Martin Luther King Jr., Confucius, Goethe, Sappho – and more than one hundred Wonder readers who sent R. J. Palacio their own precepts.
About the Wonder Series
Books in series order
- 1.Wonder(2012)
- +365 Days of Wonder: Mr. Browne's Book of Precepts(2014)
- +Pluto: A Wonder Story(2015)
- +Shingaling: A Wonder Story(2015)
- +The Julian Chapter: A Wonder Story(2014)
Reading age: 9+ years
This series should be read in order.
I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse.
August 'Auggie' Pullman was born with a facial deformity that prevented him from going to a mainstream school – until now. He's about to start 5th grade at Beecher Prep, and if you've ever been the new kid then you know how hard that can be. The thing is Auggie's just an ordinary kid, with an extraordinary face. But can he convince his new classmates that he's just like them, despite appearances?
R. J. Palacio has written a spare, warm, uplifting story that will have readers laughing one minute and wiping away tears the next. With wonderfully realistic family interactions (flawed, but loving), lively school scenes, and short chapters, Wonder is accessible to readers of all levels.