She first sits with him because she feels sorry for him, but it doesn't take long for the two kids to become friends. Out of the blue though, a really nice girl named Summer sits down and strikes up conversation. The welcome wagon being an imperfect entity, Auggie finds himself sitting alone at lunch the first day of school. Charlotte is polite and pleasant, Jack is reserved but nice, and Julian is an unkind creep pretty much from the get-go. He asks three kids he has heard are really nice to befriend Auggie, show him around, and help him transition into school life. Tushman, the principal of Beecher Prep (and the butt of many a weak joke), arranges a small welcome committee for August. And who can blame him? But when his mom tells him about the chicks (no, not the beautiful ten-year-old babes-the actual chickens that hatch in the science classroom incubator), he's kind of psyched. At first Auggie dreads the idea of so many kids staring at him. They have realized that Auggie not only needs to learn more than his mom can teach him, but he also needs to learn to navigate a world that isn't always kind to those who are different.Īt Beecher Prep in Manhattan, fifth grade is the first year of middle school, so it's a good time for August to plunge into the mainstream. But by the time August turns ten, his parents are beginning to think about the big picture a.k.a. August Pullman has been homeschooled due to some complicated health issues related to a dramatic cranio-facial abnormality and the rigorous surgery schedule that comes with it.
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