In school my class is reading the book Wonder. The book is about a 10 year old boy named August who has a cleft palate and a deformed face. He was homeschooled up until 4th grade when  his parents decided that should go to school. August decides that he wants to go to school, and has an good first day! August’s favorite holiday is Halloween. He loves it because he is able to cover up his face so that people won’t laugh at him or notice him. On Halloween, August’s overhears his friend Jack talking to other boys about August’s face. They said very mean things that made August feel sick to his stomach. In the second part of the book Via, August’s older sister, narrates. She talks about how sometimes she feels like no one loves her. She talked about how her grandma said that she loves her more than anyone in the world. Sadly, Via and August’s grandma dies, but Via will always remember what her Grandma said.

Novel Update:

I chose the following question for my Noel update: If You could ask any character in Wonder three questions that would help you better understand his/her actions, what would you ask? I wrote:

If I could ask one character in the book Wonder it would be Jack. The first question I would ask Jack is,” Why would you laugh and joke with August, and the next minute be saying hurtful things behind his back?” The next question I would ask Jack is,” What do you really think about August? Do you really not like him?” The last question i would ask is,” When you were saying all of those mean things about August did you really mean them or were you  just saying  that to act cool  in-front of Julian?” If Jack was talking mean about Julian just to act cool I think that it would have changed the actions of Jack and how mean he to August.