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** Revisiting Themes of ** || || Common Sense Media ||   ||   ||   ||
 * [[image:Wonder cover.jpg width="164" height="246"]] ||
 * Wonder **
 * // by R. J. Palacio //**
 * || ** "August Pullman is a fifth-grade boy with a severe facial difference. His loving parents and sister have shielded him from many outside influences before WONDER begins; he's been homeschooled up until that point, for example. But at the start of the book, his mother has decided that it's time for Auggie to brave a real school experience. Auggie is upset and afraid to face the kids' reactions to his appearance, but there's also part of him that wants to do "normal" things. The director of his new school, Mr. Tushman, introduces Auggie to a small group of students before school starts, thinking this will help ease the transition. Whereas some of the students Auggie meets are accepting and kind, others are a bit put off by him, and still others are downright cruel. The novel follows Auggie's first year of middle school from beginning to end. It's a year in which Auggie experiences the best and the worst of human nature and a year of tremendous emotional growth for him." **

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 * On April 3, a Community Read celebration will take place when writing winners will **
 * be honored and a viewing of the movie, “Wonder”, will be shown at 6 pm in the PAC. **
 * __Classroom Resources __**
 * // Westbrook Community Read Introductory Video: //**

//** Author's Webpage with Teacher Resources: **// https://wonderthebook.com/

//** Share Your Story - Wri **////** ting Contest: **// []

//** Be Kind Challenge: **// [] = =

= Read the online picture book, //We're All Wonders,// here: = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DL8Yzkt8wlk

//** Wonder Read-A-Likes: **//