Wonder By R. J. Palacio Summary

Our 7th grade Pre-Ap ELA class has been reading “Wonder” by R.J. Palacio. The book is about a young boy named August who struggles with bullying in his first year at school because of his facial deformity. To apply this to our community, all of us have researched the needs of different marginalized parts of our community. We decided to help the homeless and hungry. Our main goal is to collect the essential items of the everyday life for them.

The theme of Wonder shows the reader to be loving and kind no matter how the person acts or looks. R.J. Palacio, the author of Wonder shows in the story that students at Beecher Prep, Auggie’s school make fun of him. According to the text they call him names such as by “rat boy, freak, monster, freddy krueger, E.T., gross-out, lizard face, and mutant.” This quote shows how hurtful names can be. They leave ugly and nasty notes in his locker. On the other hand, there are a few students that stand up for him and help him through the hard times. Two students, Jack and Julian got into a fist fight because Jack had gotten stuck with Auggie and Julian wanted to change that since he thought Jack was bummed about being with him. Julian asked Jack “do

“Everybody, regardless of who we are, what we look like, how we act and how or got bullied, will shine.” This thesis statement relates to the book, Wonder, by R.J. Palacio. The craft move that the author puts in is dialogue.

In the novel Wonder by R.J. Palacio, August, the main character, tells the story from his perspective to help the reader further understand the storyline. For example, August shows his insecurities with his face through the words, “I would wish that I had a normal face,” (Palacio 3). This shows that August sees himself horribly and hates his own face, knowing others do, too. If this was not told from August’s perspective, the reader would not know how self conscious he feels about his face, or the horror he wakes up to every day. As an example, Jack admits he does not actually like August as a friend, and August says to the reader: “I [...] just cried for I don't know how long.” (79). This event shows how badly a person’s words can affect August

Wonder is a fiction novel by R.J. Palacio. This book is interesting and really inspiring. It showed me that even with the worst bullying, if you have true friends who will stay by your side, you can get through it all. This book takes place at Beecher Prep School in North River Heights, Connecticut.

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be very different? A book called Wonder by R.J. Palacio wrote all about that. It’s based in modern day upstate New York. The environment is almost urban New York City. But it’s not like the Big Apple, it’s like London. Not a huge city, but like Downtown St. Charles. It’s based throughout the school year. Starting in September and ending in August or June. In between those two. But I really like the setting. I love upstate New York.

Living down the street, Abby is someone I can always depend on. Whether I need a pencil, a shirt, or someone to rant to, she's the girl I go to. Not only is she dependable, Abby is also loyal and trustworthy. I never have to worry about her saying something about me behind my back, or spilling my secrets. I don’t know what I would do without her and I’m proud to call her my best friend and

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.

The theme of the book Wonder is to not treat people differently based on their looks. Raquel Palacio, the author, writes about kind people like Jack, helping August and mean people like Julian, hurting him. Julian is the antagonist of this story because he makes fun of August and makes him feel less than everyone else. Jack is the main protagonist and becomes a good friend of August. Throughout the whole story Jack helps keep August safe from Julian’s insults and threats. Treating everyone the same no matter how they look is very important to remember. When Jack helped August through Julian bullying him, it meant the world to him. When Julian bullied August, he didn't want to go to school because of how mean Julian was but then Jack helped

Considering the last section of the book Wonder, I believe the author, R.J. Palacio, wrote this novel to teach her readers that we “should always try to be a little kinder than is necessary.” The character, Mr. Tushman, gives quite a long speech about the topic of kindness. In Mr. Tushman’s speech, the author clearly describes the moral of the story: “One should be kinder than needed.” This statement encourages the reader to not only be as kind as is required but to also exceed the “kindness-level” that is expected. “If every single person ... made it a rule that wherever you are, whenever you can you will try to act a little kinder than is necessary, someone else, somewhere, someday, may recognize in you ... the face of God... Or whatever

At August school camp he got bullied by this kid called Jack Will. When Auggie first met jack it was at his school interview. Jack Will was very polite and nice to August and he thought he could become good friends with jack will. At August school camp jack said very bad things to Auggie like rat boy, Freddy Kruger, alien and lots of other hurtful words. One of August friends called Julien then came up and punch Jack

He knew going into it that it would not be easy and that people would probably stare at him, but he wanted to try it out. He tried to make some friends who would not make fun of him and would accept him for who he was, it was hard but he did it. Auggie minded his own business and did not bother anyone else because he knew that nobody cared about him or wanted anything to do with him. Teachers did not always see what the students were doing to him, or hear what they would say to him he handled it all basically on his own, he heard what they said but would just shrug it off, and he felt what they did to him but he would just walk away and be strong through it all. Auggie would rarely tell his parents what was happening in school, and was independent through almost all of it.

'Wonder', a novel by R.J. Palacio, involves the ten-year-old boy as the protagonist, August Pullman, who has grown up north of Manhattan in a town called North River Heights having been born with a severe facial deformity. Because of this August has been home schooled his whole life to protect him from the stares of others but after many arguments between his mom, Isabel Pullman, and his dad, Nate Pullman, they finally make a decision to send August off to Beecher Prep middle school. Here is where August will face many challenges and difficulties. This is the core material of the novel.

Auggie settles into the first few months of school and his classmates slowly get used to the way his face looks. He becomes friends with Jack, and with a girl named Summer who sits with him at lunch on the first day. Apparently, a rumor that touching Auggie will give you the "plague" arises, so his classmates make a point of avoiding touching him, so that Auggie begins to feel alienated. Things get a lot worse on Halloween, typically

Let’s rewind back to when I was in the eight grade in 2010. I never considered myself the most popular person in the world but I thought that I had some friends that really cared about my well being. But then one afternoon happened. It was raining and we could not go outside for recess. I remember sitting at the lunch table with my so called “friends” and all of a sudden they started to move to another table one by one. No-one asked for me to tagged along. Now maybe I should of just went with the flow but something told me not too so I didn’t.