Dear Parents,
The book we are reading is called Wonder by R.J Palacio. The main character in Wonder is a kid named August who has a facial abnormality. Some of the other characters include his best friend Jack, another one of his friends named Summer and August’s older sister Via or Olivia. August starts school for the first time (he was homeschooled before) and has a hard time making friends. One of his only friends, Jack, says something mean behind his back on Halloween, so he really only talks to Summer. August is also bullied by a kid named Julian. We stopped at the part when Jack punched Julian because Julian called August a freak. Then Jack got suspended for a few weeks. While he was suspended he asked August if he could be his friend again. We will have to see what happens.
The author also made a book called 365 days of Wonder, and it is based on Mr. Brown (Augusts’ teacher) precepts. He has one for every day in the year. We also read one every day at morning meeting.
That is the book we are reading and we are loving it!
Sincerely, Tahir Patel