I’m doing my book review on Wonder by R. J. Palacio. Wonder is about how August Pullman starts school. The book is split into eight parts. Three of the parts are from August’s perspective and the other five parts are from other character’s perspectives. August has a facial deformation. His eyes are too far down on his face and his eyelids are to shallow so his eyes bulge out of his face. His nose is too big for his face and his mouth is a small hole. He had a piece of his hip removed and put in his mouth because he didn’t have a jaw bone. Before school starts August gets a tour of the school by three students, Julian, Charlotte and Jack. During the tour, Julian starts making fun of August’s face. After the tour August decides he wants to go to the school even though Julian made fun of him. On the first day of school, when August was going to his classroom people stared at him in the halls. When he got to class he sat in the back row. Nobody would sit next to him until Jack came.

At lunch, nobody would let August sit with them so he ended up sitting at an empty table. A few minutes after he sat down a girl with wavy brown hair came and asked if she could sit with him. August said yes. After she sat down one of the girls he had heard whispering about him called her over to sit with them. She turned them down. The girl said her name was Summer. August became good friends with Summer and Jack.

At Halloween, August told the class that he was going to be Jango Fett from Star Wars but on Halloween, he decided it was to much work to put it on and instead put on his “Bleeding Scream” costume from the year before. Once August got to school he went to his classroom where he heard some of his classmates making fun of his face. Then he heard Jack say that if he had August’s face he would kill himself.

The next part was Via’s part. Via is August’s sister. In her part, she explained more about August’s face and why it looks like it does. August face looks the way it does for two reasons. The first is that August inherited a gene which gave him a previously unknown type of facial disease caused by a mutation in the TCOFI gene. The second reason is he got an overdose of that same gene.

Via was starting high school at the same time August was starting middle school. Via’s best friend was named Miranda but on Via’s first day of high school she found out that Miranda had dyed her hair pink and was acting differently. Via stopped being friends with Miranda and started to hang out with a different group of friends. In Via’s new group of friends, there was a boy named Justin. Justin was interested in drama and convinced Via to sign up for the school play. Justin and Via started dating.

The third part is Summers perspective. In Summer’s first chapter she explains why she is friends with August. She said that she sat with August on the first day of school because she felt sorry for him but the reason she kept sitting with him was that he was nice. She also explained about something called the plague. The plague was a “game” that the school was “playing”. It was, anyone who touches August has thirty seconds to wash their hands before they got the plague.

During Halloween Summer got invited to the most popular girl’s party. At the party of the popular girl, Savanna (the popular girl) asked Summer why she is friends with August and asks her to stop being friends with August. Then after Halloween August says to Summer that she doesn’t have to be friends with him and he knows that the principal asked her to. Summer says that August is wrong and they get into a short fight over it.

The fourth part of the book is in Jack’s perspective. In Jack’s part, Jack figures out why August is mad at him and apologizes to August. Later Jack is talking to Julian when Julian says that Jack doesn’t need to be friends with “the freak” if he doesn’t want to. Jack gets mad at Julian for saying that and punches him. Then over winter break, Jack sends a letter to Julian apologizing to him.

During winter break Julian threw a party and convinced the whole school to stop being friends with Jack. All the boys stopped talking to Jack and that started “the war“.

Part five was Justin’s perspective. In Justin’s part, you learn that Via doesn’t want August to go to the play because she doesn’t want people at her new school to know that she has a brother with a deformed face.

Part six is August’s second part. People start being nicer to August and are getting tired of “the war“. August gets new hearing aides. August’s parents find out about Via’s play and get mad at her for not telling them. When August’s mom tells him that he is staying home for the play August gets mad and screams that Via doesn’t want him to go because she doesn’t want her friends to  know that she has a deformed brother.

August gets upset and runs to his room where waits for his mom to come get him but she doesn’t come and he gets worried. After a few minutes, Via comes up and tells him that mom has to take their dog Daisy to the vet because she is very sick. August goes down and says goodbye to Daisy. When August’s mom comes back she says that Daisy died.

August goes to VIa’s play and at the end of the play he gets lost and Miranda finds him.

The second last part is Miranda’s. In Miranda’s part, she says she dyed her hair because she wanted to be seen differently. She says that she misses being friends with Via and that she misses seeing August.

The last part is August’s. In August’s last part he goes to a nature reserve with the rest of the school and he gets bullied by kids from a different school. After he gets back he goes to his graduation.

I really liked the book. I thought that hearing how other characters saw August and hearing what they had to say about him was really interesting. I thought that it helped you understand the characters better and helped you understand the reason they did things. I would have liked it if Julian had a part because I would have liked to hear what he thought of August and I would have liked to know the reason he bullied August. The book taught me that you shouldn’t judge people by what they look like. I would rate it four and a half out of five.

I’m doing my book review on Wonder by R. J. Palacio. Wonder is about how August Pullman starts school. The book is split into eight parts. Three of the parts are from August’s perspective and the other five parts are from other character’s perspectives. August has a facial deformation. His eyes are too far down on his face and his eyelids are to shallow so his eyes bulge out of his face. His nose is too big for his face and his mouth is a small hole. He had a piece of his hip removed and put in his mouth because he didn’t have a jaw bone. Before school starts August gets a tour of the school by three students, Julian, Charlotte and Jack. During the tour, Julian starts making fun of August’s face. After the tour August decides he wants to go to the school even though Julian made fun of him. On the first day of school, when August was going to his classroom people stared at him in the halls. When he got to class he sat in the back row. Nobody would sit next to him until Jack came.

At lunch, nobody would let August sit with them so he ended up sitting at an empty table. A few minutes after he sat down a girl with wavy brown hair came and asked if she could sit with him. August said yes. After she sat down one of the girls he had heard whispering about him called her over to sit with them. She turned them down. The girl said her name was Summer. August became good friends with Summer and Jack.

At Halloween, August told the class that he was going to be Jango Fett from Star Wars but on Halloween, he decided it was to much work to put it on and instead put on his “Bleeding Scream” costume from the year before. Once August got to school he went to his classroom where he heard some of his classmates making fun of his face. Then he heard Jack say that if he had August’s face he would kill himself.

The next part was Via’s part. Via is August’s sister. In her part, she explained more about August’s face and why it looks like it does. August face looks the way it does for two reasons. The first is that August inherited a gene which gave him a previously unknown type of facial disease caused by a mutation in the TCOFI gene. The second reason is he got an overdose of that same gene.

Via was starting high school at the same time August was starting middle school. Via’s best friend was named Miranda but on Via’s first day of high school she found out that Miranda had dyed her hair pink and was acting differently. Via stopped being friends with Miranda and started to hang out with a different group of friends. In Via’s new group of friends, there was a boy named Justin. Justin was interested in drama and convinced Via to sign up for the school play. Justin and Via started dating.

The third part is Summers perspective. In Summer’s first chapter she explains why she is friends with August. She said that she sat with August on the first day of school because she felt sorry for him but the reason she kept sitting with him was that he was nice. She also explained about something called the plague. The plague was a “game” that the school was “playing”. It was, anyone who touches August has thirty seconds to wash their hands before they got the plague.

During Halloween Summer got invited to the most popular girl’s party. At the party of the popular girl, Savanna (the popular girl) asked Summer why she is friends with August and asks her to stop being friends with August. Then after Halloween August says to Summer that she doesn’t have to be friends with him and he knows that the principal asked her to. Summer says that August is wrong and they get into a short fight over it.

The fourth part of the book is in Jack’s perspective. In Jack’s part, Jack figures out why August is mad at him and apologizes to August. Later Jack is talking to Julian when Julian says that Jack doesn’t need to be friends with “the freak” if he doesn’t want to. Jack gets mad at Julian for saying that and punches him. Then over winter break, Jack sends a letter to Julian apologizing to him.

During winter break Julian threw a party and convinced the whole school to stop being friends with Jack. All the boys stopped talking to Jack and that started “the war“.

Part five was Justin’s perspective. In Justin’s part, you learn that Via doesn’t want August to go to the play because she doesn’t want people at her new school to know that she has a brother with a deformed face.

Part six is August’s second part. People start being nicer to August and are getting tired of “the war“. August gets new hearing aides. August’s parents find out about Via’s play and get mad at her for not telling them. When August’s mom tells him that he is staying home for the play August gets mad and screams that Via doesn’t want him to go because she doesn’t want her friends to  know that she has a deformed brother.

August gets upset and runs to his room where waits for his mom to come get him but she doesn’t come and he gets worried. After a few minutes, Via comes up and tells him that mom has to take their dog Daisy to the vet because she is very sick. August goes down and says goodbye to Daisy. When August’s mom comes back she says that Daisy died.

August goes to VIa’s play and at the end of the play he gets lost and Miranda finds him.

The second last part is Miranda’s. In Miranda’s part, she says she dyed her hair because she wanted to be seen differently. She says that she misses being friends with Via and that she misses seeing August.

The last part is August’s. In August’s last part he goes to a nature reserve with the rest of the school and he gets bullied by kids from a different school. After he gets back he goes to his graduation.

I really liked the book. I thought that hearing how other characters saw August and hearing what they had to say about him was really interesting. I thought that it helped you understand the characters better and helped you understand the reason they did things. I would have liked it if Julian had a part because I would have liked to hear what he thought of August and I would have liked to know the reason he bullied August. I would rate it four and a half out of five.