![]() 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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