Talk:Wonder (Palacio novel)

Mask (movie)
Did any one notice, this is the same story as in the movie "Mask" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mask_(film) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.243.229.35 (talk) 23:43, 9 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Not even close.-- Auric    talk  18:51, 2 October 2017 (UTC)

(1)
I think this is a notable entry because this novel is on the New York Times Bestseller list for Children's Chapter Books. I went back and added references. I linked the wikipedia entry on Treacher-Collins Syndrome to this page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DPU331 (talk • contribs) 02:18, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

You might want to try adding different sub-headings (author, plot, etc.) and developing them a little more to make the entry easier to read and more complete. Looks good to me, otherwise! JGP640 (talk) 01:51, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

White Bird
Shouldn't we have a section for White Bird? I added one, it is still being aproved — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.248.65.55 (talk) 14:12, 1 September 2020 (UTC) UPDATE: After 30 minutes of hard work, Vincent60030 deleted all my edits. Probably because I like white bird. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.248.65.55 (talk) 15:10, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

Author
R.J. Palacio is an American writer who lives in New York City. She is married with two sons. Her previous profession was as a book jacket designer, although she did not design the cover of her novel, Wonder. She designed covers for both fiction and non-fiction books, for both famous and novice authors. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DPU331 (talk • contribs) 02:14, 15 May 2013 (UTC)


 * We have no page for R. J. Palacio (see also R.J. Palacio; Palacio). It is appropriate briefly to cover the writer here, as DPU331 evidently considered a year ago.
 * --P64 (talk) 00:42, 5 May 2014 (UTC)

Auggie
Every time i lose something i rush — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.89.62.222 (talk) 21:29, 16 January 2014 (UTC)

Children's choice awards
quote: "The book was the winner of both the 2014 Maine Student Book Award and Vermont's Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award.[3]"

Those ME and VT awards are two of the state-wide children's choice awards that are now sponsored by 48(?) of 50 US states --or awards programs, as most states including ME and VT have more than one book category.

This week I visited all or nearly all the state-children's-award websites, most of which have announced 2014 winners. Palacio's Wonder is one winner in these states at least: IL KY ME NC NE NM NY OH* RI SC UT VT WY. (What's with the beginning of the alphabet?)
 * * = 2013 Buckeye Award, grades 3-5, December
 * IL Rebecca Caudill Young Reader's Book Award
 * VT Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award
 * WY Indian Paintbrush Book Award (almost all sources dead)

That is a list of 12 13 states. Perhaps 36 have announced 2014 winners with some others expected this month. I plan to follow up here when this school year is nearly complete. Beside the one 2013(*) award, Palacio's Wonder will be on several 2015 or 2016 ballots, too.

--P64 (talk) 01:19, 5 May 2014 (UTC)


 * Wonder is also a 2014 winner in these states: CO GA MD MI VA -- 5 more, now 18 states listed here. I noticed it on several state lists for 2015 and noticed that several awards are defined by longer or older spans. For example, the Massachusetts awards for 2014 covered books published from 2009 to 2013. I didn't count these possibilities but will not be surprised if Wonder eventually wins in half of the states.
 * The results show some appeal to children of different ages, officially school grade levels winning both the grades 3-5 and grades 4-8 awards in Illinois (linked above); grades 6-9 in Maryland; grades 6-8 in Michigan; grades 3-5 in Ohio where children determine the ballot.
 * --P64 (talk) 17:51, 6 August 2014 (UTC)


 * This spring I considered creating a page to cover the American children's choice book awards in general. Here are more data from my four-month old notes. * CO, older of 2 reader age groups = Junior

All links confirmed 2014-09-10. Several of these are top pages from which the 2014 winners will disappear sometime during this school year, to be found only in archives and lists of previous winners.
 * GA, older of 2 = grades 4-8
 * IL, 2nd oldest of 4 = grades 4-8 ; Rebecca Caudill Young Reader's Book Award
 * KY, 3rd oldest of 4 ?
 * ME, older of 2 = grades 4-8
 * MD, 2nd oldest of 4 = grades 6-9
 * MI, 2nd oldest of 5 = grades 6-8
 * NE, middle of 3 = Intermediate
 * NM, younger of 2 = Children's
 * NY, 2nd oldest of 4 = Middle School (biennial)
 * NC, 3rd oldest of 4 = Junior
 * OH, middle of 3 = grades 3-5 (December 2013)
 * RI, younger of 2 = Children's
 * SC, 3rd oldest of 4 = Children's
 * UT, middle of 3 = Children's
 * VT ; Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award
 * VA, 2nd oldest = Middle
 * WY, middle of 3 = grades 4-6 ; Indian Paintbrush Book Award

The 2011 publication Divergent (novel) was a 2014 winner of at least 19 CCBA, some side-by-side Wonder in a category for older readers, but mainly in states where 2012 publications will be considered for 2015 awards. Next spring try some of the websites in my report at Talk:Divergent (novel). Some pre-2011 books were winners this year so Wonder may be a winner in 2016 if not later. --P64 (talk) 19:19, 10 September 2014 (UTC)


 * Children's Book Council sponsors nationwide Children's Choice Book Awards in the United States. 2013 publications were considered for the 2014 awards this spring. (That seems premature to me and I don't recall seeing that any state considered 2013 books this year.) For the nationwide program in 2013, R.J. Palacio was one of five "Author of the Year" finalists, recognizing Wonder recommended for ages 8-12, but the book was not a "Book of the Year" finalist in any of the four age categories.
 * --P64 (talk) 19:27, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

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Precepts?
The Plot section states (towards the end), "He gets a standing ovation, which inspires his precept for Mr Browne…" and the Character section says (in relation to Tom "Mr. Browne" Browne), "As he makes precepts for the class to ponder Auggie is marveled at these precepts". As a British English speaker, I have absolutely no idea what 'precept' means in this context, and have doubts about whether "is marveled at these precepts" makes sense at all in any form of English. Any chance of a rewording into a more internationally understandable version? Many thanks! JezGrove (talk) 23:02, 30 June 2017 (UTC)
 * The Oxford English Dictionary has a | definition, and that is for British English - so I'd imagine it's just a case of not having heard the word before (I hadn't either). I will make a link to the Wiki article on the word so as to clear up any confusion. LovelyLillith (talk) 22:01, 8 August 2017 (UTC)