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Wonder By R J Palacio Summary

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Wonder written by R.J. Palacio was first published in 2012. This story occurs in 2012. The story is told in first-person participant as told by August Pullman. There are six chief characters. They are August, a ten year old boy with a facial deformity. He is also smart, funny and kind. Via is August’s older sister. She is going into highschool and very nice to August. Jack, August's friend, is a nice guy. Jack was caring to August since he first met him. The person who hates August the most is Julian. Julian is popular so he made everyone hate August. Julian becomes August’s friend in the end though. Summer is August’s loyal friend throughout the story. She is always hanging out with August and never regretting that. The last person that is important in the story along with many more is August’s mom. She helps August through hard times and is very caring. August may be hard to love he still has many friends and family that love him. Exposition: August and his friends Summer and Jack go through a fifth grade year at Beecher Prep in Manhattan, North River Heights. He has a …show more content…

August finishes the school year and at the end, there is a graduation ceremony. August wins the best award of all the Student of the Year. He became from the laugh stock to the best student in just one year. The author, R. J. Palacio appears to be subjective. She shows it in many ways. One way she shows it is by approving her subject. This book is not only for kids with the same symptoms as August, but it is for kids all over with disorders. Palacio want us to realize that August and the people like him are humans too. They feel like we do, they think like we do and have fun like we do. In the book, Palacio describes a school year of August’s. She wants us to see how hard it is for kids like August to fit in so we can compare to other children that get

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