In 86 pages, it tells the story of Wonder from the point of view of the bad kid in the book-the bully. My favorite book of 2012, Wonder has a new companion: an e-book, out this week, called The Julian Chapter. It’s his parents who guide the rest of his story, taking up arms against the school with Julian as a mere bystander, and this, more than anything, will earn readers’ sympathy.įinally, a Bullying Story From the Bully's Point of View Julian’s shock upon first meeting Auggie is almost inexpressible: “Dude! Dude! Dude! Dude! Dude! Dude! Dude! Dude!” Given Julian’s personality, the notes he writes Auggie feel less relentlessly cruel and more the acts of a kid who doesn’t think things through Julian is shocked to hear himself described as a bully. Julian, who delivers his story in exclamation point–filled prose, is revealed to be an emotional kid prone to nightmares, and Palacio allows that some kids would be flat-out scared by Auggie’s looks. Readers know Julian as the bully who gave the facially deformed Auggie a hard time, but this story shines light on Julian so that his blacks and whites become shades of gray. To prime fans of Wonder(2012) for the upcoming 365 Days of Wonder: Mr.Browne's Book of Precepts, Palacio has dropped this bite-size, but still tear-tugging, Kindle Single.
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