Wonder, by R.J Palacio Is a fantastic book about August Pullman, a severely deformed child, who is facing hardships when he attends school, Beecher Prep, for the first time. August has a never seen before combination of diseases that have affected his face and height. He is not a normal fifth grader. Because he was kind of a “medical miracle,” August, or Auggie, has never had time in between surgeries to attend a real school, other than his mom’s homeschooling. Although he has had a lot of plastic surgery, Auggie looks very far from normal. Though it was hard sometimes with all of the torment, School helped Auggie more than it hurt him.
First of all, August has learned to make friends and talk to girls at his new school. When he saw Maya …show more content…
Auggie also made a guy best friend, Jack Will. They sat beside each other in every class and hangout outside of school, too! When the science fair came around, they decided to become partners. After a long time of deciding, they finally got to work. An example is on page 207 when August says, “The spud lamp was a big hit at the science fair, Jack and I got an A for it. It was the first A Jack got in any class all year. He was psyched.” This shows that he and Jack are good friends and partnered up at the science fair. Towards the end of the year, however, Auggie made many new friends and was loved by all.
At the end of the book when they are graduating from fifth grade, they were giving out awards for the year. These included awards like, “academic excellence” and “overall sports greatness,” and just as it was ending, Mr. Tushman, the principal, had to give one last award. The greatest of all awards that day was the Henry Ward Beecher Medal. After a long speech, Mr. Tushman, choking back tears said, “Without further ado, this year i am very proud to award the Henry Ward Beecher medal to the student whose quiet strength has up the most hearts. ‘So will August Pullman please come up here to receive this award?” This made everyone start applauding. Everyone was congratulating him on his way up to the stand. When he got there, everyone stood up and gave him a standing ovation. This shows that everyone loved Auggie and thought that he deserved the
First of all, August has learned to make friends and talk to girls at his new school. When he saw Maya …show more content…
Auggie also made a guy best friend, Jack Will. They sat beside each other in every class and hangout outside of school, too! When the science fair came around, they decided to become partners. After a long time of deciding, they finally got to work. An example is on page 207 when August says, “The spud lamp was a big hit at the science fair, Jack and I got an A for it. It was the first A Jack got in any class all year. He was psyched.” This shows that he and Jack are good friends and partnered up at the science fair. Towards the end of the year, however, Auggie made many new friends and was loved by all.
At the end of the book when they are graduating from fifth grade, they were giving out awards for the year. These included awards like, “academic excellence” and “overall sports greatness,” and just as it was ending, Mr. Tushman, the principal, had to give one last award. The greatest of all awards that day was the Henry Ward Beecher Medal. After a long speech, Mr. Tushman, choking back tears said, “Without further ado, this year i am very proud to award the Henry Ward Beecher medal to the student whose quiet strength has up the most hearts. ‘So will August Pullman please come up here to receive this award?” This made everyone start applauding. Everyone was congratulating him on his way up to the stand. When he got there, everyone stood up and gave him a standing ovation. This shows that everyone loved Auggie and thought that he deserved the