Lovely story based on a false nose and spectacles in a London museum. Alice was born without a nose as as a result in teased and bullied and shunned as a child in Victorian England. A chance encounter with a clown at a circus causes her family to come up with the false nose that makes her life easier and eventually she grows up to be a secretary in an office. Her treatment though has made her alert to the plight of others and she uses her kind nature to help those less fortunate and the story has a beautiful "happy ever after" ending. Nice illustrations. One for students who are fans of Wonder. ( )