Editorial Content for Bliss
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In this charmingly original and good-hearted fantasy, 12-year-old Rosemary Bliss's parents are truly magical bakers despite the fact that they drive a minivan and wear fanny packs. When Rose watched her mother, Purdy, procure and then mix a lightning bolt into a bowl of cake batter, it was quite the eye-opener. Purdy's cake revived a six-year-old electrocution victim, who roused from his coma when Purdy slipped her special cake's crumbs into the child's mouth. From that moment on, Rose began yearning to become a kitchen magician, too. Read More
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Rosemary Bliss yearns to be a true kitchen magician the way her parents are, literally mixing such ingredients as lightning bolts into the Bliss bakery products, with life-changing results for treat recipients. However, Rose's opportunity for magical cookery seems destined not to be…until her parents are called away from home and a mysterious stranger arrives.
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Rosemary Bliss yearns to be a true kitchen magician the way her parents are, literally mixing such ingredients as lightning bolts into the Bliss bakery products, with life-changing results for treat recipients. However, Rose's opportunity for magical cookery seems destined not to be…until her parents are called away from home and a mysterious stranger arrives.
Editorial Content for Wonder
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It’s true that August Pullman was born “different.” He has a cleft palate (one of his many operations), but that’s the least of his problems. With 27 surgeries by the time he is 10, he is still “different.” Born with rare genetic disorders, his face greets the world like a horror mask. He has had a decade to get used to the stares and the gasps, but now his parents are encouraging him to attend a public school, which is another whole world. Auggie, as his family affectionately calls him, is scared. Read More
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August Pullman was born with a facial difference that, up until now, has prevented him from going to a mainstream school. Starting fifth grade at Beecher Prep, he wants nothing more than to be treated as an ordinary kid --- but his new classmates can't get past Auggie's extraordinary face. WONDER, a #1 New York Times bestseller, begins from Auggie's point of view, but soon switches to include his classmates, his sister, her boyfriend and others. These perspectives converge in a portrait of one community's struggle with empathy, compassion and acceptance.
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August Pullman was born with a facial difference that, up until now, has prevented him from going to a mainstream school. Starting fifth grade at Beecher Prep, he wants nothing more than to be treated as an ordinary kid --- but his new classmates can't get past Auggie's extraordinary face. WONDER, a #1 New York Times bestseller, begins from Auggie's point of view, but soon switches to include his classmates, his sister, her boyfriend and others. These perspectives converge in a portrait of one community's struggle with empathy, compassion and acceptance.
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A special movie tie-in edition of R.J. Palacio's #1 New York Times bestseller, now a major motion picture starring Julia Roberts, Owen Wilson, Jacob Tremblay, Daveed Diggs and Mandy Patinkin.
Over six million people have fallen in love with WONDER and Auggie Pullman, the ordinary boy with the extraordinary face, who inspired a movement to Choose Kind. This special movie tie-in edition features an eight-page full-color insert with photos from the film, a foreword by the director Stephen Chbosky, an afterword by R.J. Palacio, a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the movie with anecdotes from the cast and crew, and a family discussion guide.
August Pullman was born with a facial difference that, up until now, has prevented him from going to a mainstream school. Starting fifth grade at Beecher Prep, he wants nothing more than to be treated as an ordinary kid --- but his new classmates can't get past Auggie's extraordinary face. WONDER, a #1 New York Times bestseller, begins from Auggie's point of view, but soon switches to include his classmates, his sister, her boyfriend and others. These perspectives converge in a portrait of one community's struggle with empathy, compassion and acceptance.
In a world where bullying among young people is an epidemic, this is a refreshing new narrative full of heart and hope. R.J. Palacio has called her debut novel "a meditation on kindness" --- indeed, every reader will come away with a greater appreciation for the simple courage of friendship. Auggie is a hero to root for, who proves that you can't blend in when you were born to stand out.
February 10, 2012
As I write today, there is a crew of arborists taking down trees in front of the house. One was an old oak dying too close to the house; another had been struck by lightning and died; and others just needed to be pruned after the storms. I am like a five-year-old child glancing out the window at the progress throughout the morning. The view from my home office where I write on Fridays will be altered, thus I am eagle-eye watching. Between this and the chopped-down wooden swing set, I am set for firewood and wood chips for a while.
—Various Sources
