365DaysofWonder

THIS IS A BORZOI BOOK PUBLISHED BY ALFRED A. KNOPF Copyright © 2014 by R. J. Palacio All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Random House LLC, a Penguin Random House Company, New York. Knopf, Borzoi Books, and the colophon are registered trademarks of Random House LLC. “Gracias a la Vida” copyright © 1966 by Violeta Parra Visit us on the Web! randomhousekids.com Educators and librarians, for a variety of teaching tools, visit us at RHTeachersLibrarians.com Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available upon request. ISBN 978-0-553-49904-9 (trade) — ISBN 978-0-553-49905-6 (lib. bdg.) ISBN 978-0-553-50996-0 (intl. tr. pbk.) ISBN 978-0-553-50903-8 (ebook) Random House Children’s Books supports the First Amendment and celebrates the right to read. v3.1 To Papi, my first teacher A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. —Henry Adams Precepts or maxims are of great weight; and a few useful ones at hand do more toward a happy life than whole volumes that we know not where to find. —Seneca ......