The novel “Wonder” written by Raquel J. Palacio takes place in the mind of a ten-year-old boy named August Pullman with a severe medical facial deformity which he refers to as "mandibulofacial dysostosis". He has had 27 different surgeries in his lifetime and is still struggling with his deformity. He was homeschooled all his life because of this, but now his parents have decided to send him to a private school called Beecher Prep starting his seventh grade year. The book goes on in detail about the adventures and horrors August faces while attending his first year of public school. He makes friends along the way and realizes that it’s not what's on the outside that matters, but the inside. August realizes there is so much more to him than
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He knows it happens all the time, but had grown used to it, no matter how much it still hurts. He eventually accepts his fate and tries school out for a couple of days. On his first day the school's principal, Mr. Tushman, assigned a small group of students to show August around and hopefully become friends with him. The three students that showed him around the school were Jack Will, Julian, and Charlotte. August knew then that he couldn’t do this whole “public school” thing because the kids would just make fun of him and stare the whole time. As the story goes on, August meets a girl named Summer who sat with him during lunch on the first day. Her and August become good friends and Auggie realizes maybe this place isn’t so bad after all. Near the middle of the story, it's halloween time and Auggie decided he wanted to dress like Boba Fett, but then goes as the “scream” character instead due to issues he had with putting the first costume on. However, when August walked into his first class he heard one of his best friends, Jack Will, talk really badly about August and this made him really upset. August runs to the bathroom and begins to cry harder than ever …show more content…
I did not have any prior knowledge of this author before I read WONDER but I really enjoyed this book because the story itself was very captivating and told a very important lesson on how we should treat people regardless of their outward appearance. I loved how this novel was written in the perspective of multiple different characters, from August's friends to his family and then back to himself, but even then “Auggie” was still classified as the main character. I was motivated to read the book all the way through because the story never got “dull” and was always in a moment when something might happen and it left me on edge. My first impression on this book was that it was written for lower grades, but has the metal ability to capture the attention of older grades as well. It is a story about a younger child with a severe disability, so it can appeal to younger people as well as older. It was definitely entertaining, very informative in the way that it explained in detail what the disability august had was, and didactic. The title sort of gives an indication towards what the story will be, but not until the very end does it make sense. At first, I thought the novel would be solidly based on the viewpoint of August (the main character) but it was actually a bunch of different viewpoints from most of the
He knows it happens all the time, but had grown used to it, no matter how much it still hurts. He eventually accepts his fate and tries school out for a couple of days. On his first day the school's principal, Mr. Tushman, assigned a small group of students to show August around and hopefully become friends with him. The three students that showed him around the school were Jack Will, Julian, and Charlotte. August knew then that he couldn’t do this whole “public school” thing because the kids would just make fun of him and stare the whole time. As the story goes on, August meets a girl named Summer who sat with him during lunch on the first day. Her and August become good friends and Auggie realizes maybe this place isn’t so bad after all. Near the middle of the story, it's halloween time and Auggie decided he wanted to dress like Boba Fett, but then goes as the “scream” character instead due to issues he had with putting the first costume on. However, when August walked into his first class he heard one of his best friends, Jack Will, talk really badly about August and this made him really upset. August runs to the bathroom and begins to cry harder than ever …show more content…
I did not have any prior knowledge of this author before I read WONDER but I really enjoyed this book because the story itself was very captivating and told a very important lesson on how we should treat people regardless of their outward appearance. I loved how this novel was written in the perspective of multiple different characters, from August's friends to his family and then back to himself, but even then “Auggie” was still classified as the main character. I was motivated to read the book all the way through because the story never got “dull” and was always in a moment when something might happen and it left me on edge. My first impression on this book was that it was written for lower grades, but has the metal ability to capture the attention of older grades as well. It is a story about a younger child with a severe disability, so it can appeal to younger people as well as older. It was definitely entertaining, very informative in the way that it explained in detail what the disability august had was, and didactic. The title sort of gives an indication towards what the story will be, but not until the very end does it make sense. At first, I thought the novel would be solidly based on the viewpoint of August (the main character) but it was actually a bunch of different viewpoints from most of the