Auggie Pullman Struggles

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Auggie Pullman was just a regular boy but different than all the rest, what made him so different? Why did people stare at him when he walked down the street? He faced difficult challenges wherever he went he got stared at the: playground, store, and restaurants. What challenges did he overcome and what helped him overcome them? Auggie Pullman has had twenty-seven surgeries since he was born. Since he has all those surgeries he has been homeschooled. But that all changed the summer before fifth-grade he was enrolled in Beecher Prep. He was scared about what everybody will think of him. His parents had sent in an application to the school. Auggie is going to have a tour of the school, before summer is over. He got accepted into the school

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