I Wonder.

August Pullman, the main character of Wonder, has been deformed for his whole life. He's gone through about 35 surgeries, with no avail. August has been homeschooled his entire life, by none other than his mom. After August's mom, cannot teach him any longer, due to her struggle in math, August is informed he has to go to a public school. With people. People who aren't deformed like him.

At first, August is scared of the outcome. When August arrives at the school, his principal has to inform the other students to be kind and gentle with him. Therefore, August has 3 "friends," in which the first one is rude, the second one pities him, and the third one is Jack, his true friend, who finds August's personality unique and special.

This connects to the outer world, because there are millions of kids out there, who have their lives exactly like August Pullman's. People who are deformed, like August, are bullied, discriminated, suicidal, and have very tough lives. People who are like August, hide their faces, and shy away from the outer world, due to the discrimination. People like August need to be handled with care, and kindess, in order for them to live a life like normal people. Deformed people are usually suicidal because they end up being bullied and teased so much, they want to end it. Its absurd how judgmental people can get, because somebody else is different. Nobody, nobody at all should have to go through a life like that.

There are many charities for people with deformed faces, although it's very expensive to completely treat a deformed person, like August, who's had about 35 surgeries, with no luck.

These people have special needs and it is not their fault they were born like that, and we have to respect that and care for them. "You have to be compassionate about people with health issues" - Ms.Evers (eighth grade science teacher)