Wonder (Wonder, #1)
by R. J. Palacio
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You can't blend in when you were born to stand out.
My name is August. I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse.
August Pullman wants to be an ordinary ten-year-old. He does ordinary things. He eats ice cream. He plays on his Xbox. He feels ordinary - inside.
But Auggie is far from ordinary. Ordinary kids don't make other ordinary kids run away screaming in playgrounds. Ordinary kids don't get stared at wherever they go.
Born with a terrible facial abnormality, Auggie has been home-schooled by his parents his whole life, in an attempt to protect him from the cruelty of the outside world. Now, for the first time, he's being sent to a real school - and he's dreading it. All he wants is to be accepted - but can he convince his new classmates that he's just like them, underneath it all?
Narrated by Auggie and the people around him whose lives he touches forever, Wonder is a funny, frank, astonishingly moving debut to read in one sitting, pass on to others, and remember long after the final page.
Discussion questions for Wonder (Wonder, #1)
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- 1
How does the structure of the novel—shifting perspectives between Auggie, his sister, his peers, and friends—change your empathy and understanding of the different characters compared to if it were told strictly from Auggie's point of view?
- 2
Think back to a time in your own school days when a new or different student arrived; how did your peer group react, and how do you think you would have handled Auggie’s arrival in your fifth-grade class?
- 3
Auggie’s mother fights hard to protect him, while his father is more hesitant to expose him to the harsh realities of middle school. How do you view their differing parenting styles, and where is the right balance between protection and preparation?
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