Comparison
Shiloh vs Wonder
How Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor and Wonder by R.J. Palacio compare on reading level, grade placement, curriculum overlap, and shared themes — derived from primary-source citations on each book’s ReadingList page.
Shiloh
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
- Lexile
- 890L
- Grades
- 3–6
- Published
- 1991
- Pages
- 160
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
Wonder
R.J. Palacio
- Lexile
- 790L
- Grades
- 3–7
- Published
- 2012
- Pages
- 320
- Genre
- Middle Grade Fiction
At a glance
- Lexile differential
- 100L (Shiloh: 890L · Wonder: 790L)
- Grade-range overlap
- Grades 3–6
- Year-of-publication gap
- 21 years (1991 vs 2012)
- Page-count gap
- 160 pages (160 vs 320)
- Shared curricula
- 100 of 178
- Shared themes
- 1 of 10
Reading-level difference
The 100-point Lexile gap puts Shiloh roughly a notch above Wonder. Lexile differences below 50L typically reflect equivalent decoding load (sentence length + word frequency); differences above 200L cross developmental reading-band boundaries. More on how Lexile measures work →
Curriculum overlap
Both books appear in 100 shared curriculum frameworks:
Themes
Shared
family
Only Shiloh
animal welfare · morality · rural life · courage
Only Wonder
facial difference · kindness · bullying · friendship · empathy
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Shiloh
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
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Wonder
R.J. Palacio
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