Wonder Summary | Abigail Cates | P.5 In the book, Wonder, takes place in our modern world, where young August is just getting into his new private school. He’s never been to a school like this before, only ever being homeschooled. The problem is, his face is different than others. Wonder is an amazing book by Raquel J. Palacio, showing a life with ups and downs of living a life with a different face than other kids. We start out in Wonder learning about August, our protagonist. We learn about august and his facial features which set him apart from other kids in the first place, so going to a school wasn’t exactly gonna make things very much better for him. Although, his parents at least want him to try to go to the school. So, August …show more content…
He asks, “What happened to your face? Were you in a fire?” which - is a rude comment on its own. So, it made August slightly more worried than usual, but slightly excited to get to the school. So, he’s okay with it. Although he remembers when he was in the car, when his dad made a comment. “Like a lamb to the …show more content…
He dressed up as Bleeding Scream. So, nobody really knew who he was as Bleeding Scream. He saw Jack and Julian talking over in the corner, so he decided to go to a close desk to listen in on the situation. After hearing this, he heard what Jack said, which wasn’t exactly a good thing about him. Afterwards, August pretends he’s sick to go home, after he felt sad and betrayed from what his “friend” Jack said. Although, Halloween was his favorite holiday because he got to not show his face, so then Via, his sister, talked to him in his room, and managed to convince him it was worth it to go trick or treating, and learned about the situation with Jack. Later, Jack is sad about August ignoring him - he doesn’t know why. In science, he learns that for a project, he gets to be partners with August. Julian keeps on nearly peer-pressuring him to tell the teacher he doesn’t wanna be partners with August, although ignores him, and after he asks one more time, he punches Julian in the mouth. Jack doesn’t get in much trouble because the next day was winter break. He had to write apologies, to August and