![]() ![]() She used 100 of them in the book, along with quotes from philosophers and historical figures like Anne Frank, Confucius and Nelson Mandela. Palacio asked fans of the book to submit their own precepts, and received more than 1,200 submissions in two weeks. The book features inspirational quotes for every day of the year. Brown's Book of Precepts," will have a hardcover first printing of 350,000 copies when it comes out this August. This morning, Knopf Books for Young readers announced that " 365 Days of Wonder: Mr. Now Knopf has acquired two "Wonder" spin-off books – a calendar book of precepts, and an ebook original that centers on the story's villain – and the publisher is being more bullish about its forecast. Two years and 39 reprints later, the book has sold more than a million copies and spent 97 weeks on the New York Times best-seller list. When they released the novel in February of 2012, they printed just 22,500 copies. Palacio's middle grade novel, "Wonder," about a 10-year-old boy with a severe facial deformity. ![]()
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