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** August is also known to own an ''UsefulNotes/XBox360'' and ''{{VideoGame/Halo}}''. The film adaption has him playing ''{{VideoGame/Minecraft}}'' with Jack, which becomes a major plot device as both boys use the chat feature to reconcile.

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** August is also known to own an ''UsefulNotes/XBox360'' ''Platform/XBox360'' and ''{{VideoGame/Halo}}''. The film adaption has him playing ''{{VideoGame/Minecraft}}'' with Jack, which becomes a major plot device as both boys use the chat feature to reconcile.
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** Julian bullies Auggie for his face deformity. Later {{Deconstructed}} when Julian gets suspended and for it and the sequel, "White Bird: A Wonder Story" reveals that Julian was expelled for it.
** To a lesser extent, Eddie destroys Auggie's hearing aid and [[{{Deconstruction}} gets expelled for it.]]

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** Julian **Julian bullies Auggie for his face deformity. Later {{Deconstructed}} when Julian gets suspended and for it and the sequel, "White Bird: A Wonder Story" reveals that Julian was expelled for it.
** To **To a lesser extent, Eddie destroys Auggie's hearing aid and [[{{Deconstruction}} gets expelled for it.]]

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* BullyingTheDisabled: Julian bullies Auggie for his face deformity. Later {{Deconstructed}} when Julian gets suspended and for it and the sequel, "White Bird: A Wonder Story" reveals that Julian was expelled for it.

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* BullyingTheDisabled: Julian BullyingTheDisabled:
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bullies Auggie for his face deformity. Later {{Deconstructed}} when Julian gets suspended and for it and the sequel, "White Bird: A Wonder Story" reveals that Julian was expelled for it.
**To a lesser extent, Eddie destroys Auggie's hearing aid and [[{{Deconstruction}} gets expelled for
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* BullyingTheDisabled: Julian bullies Auggie for his face deformity. Later {{Deconstructed}} when Julian gets expelled for it.

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* BullyingTheDisabled: Julian bullies Auggie for his face deformity. Later {{Deconstructed}} when Julian gets suspended and for it and the sequel, "White Bird: A Wonder Story" reveals that Julian was expelled for it.
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* BullyingTheDisabled: Julian bullies Auggie for his face deformity. Later {{Deconstructed}} when Julian gets expelled for it.


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No relation to ''Literature/TheWonder'' or its 2022 [[Film/TheWonder film adaptation]].

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No relation to ''Literature/TheWonder'' or its 2022 [[Film/TheWonder film adaptation]].adaptation]], nor to the final novel in Creator/RobertJSawyer's ''Literature/WWWTrilogy''.
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* GreaterScopeVillain: Julian's mom, and it's not just the fact that she's ''even'' more unsympathetic towards Auggie than he was. She was the one who cropped out Auggie from the school photo, simply because she wanted to pander to Julian's needs of suffering from "night terrors." During her visit to Mr. Tushman's office, she even attempts to have Auggie ''kicked out of the school'' simply because she thinks kids aren't prepared to experience people like him. The book even lampshades this poetically: "The apple doesn't fall from the tree."

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* GreaterScopeVillain: Julian's mom, and it's not just the fact that she's ''even'' more ''even more'' unsympathetic towards Auggie than he was. She was the one who cropped out Auggie from the school photo, simply because she wanted to pander to Julian's needs of suffering from "night terrors." During her visit to Mr. Tushman's office, she even attempts to have Auggie ''kicked out of the school'' simply because she thinks kids aren't prepared to experience people like him. The book even lampshades this poetically: "The apple doesn't fall from the tree."

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''Wonder'' is a [[MiddleGradeLiterature middle grade]] realistic fiction novel and R.J. Palacio's debut. It is about a 10-year-old ShrinkingViolet who is about to attend school for the first time since he's been too busy with surgeries of his deformed face to go earlier. Although he manages to form a ThreeAmigos with his fellow classmates Summer Dawson and Jacklope "Jack" Will, his face scares off or repulsed all of his other classmates, and this novel is about his quest to be liked by his school. Also has a companion novel, ''Auggie and Me'', published in 2015.

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''Wonder'' is a [[MiddleGradeLiterature middle grade]] realistic fiction novel and R.J. Palacio's debut. It is about a 10-year-old ShrinkingViolet who is about to attend school for the first time since he's been too busy with surgeries of his deformed face to go earlier. Although he manages to form a ThreeAmigos friendships with his fellow classmates Summer Dawson and Jacklope "Jack" Will, his face scares off or repulsed all of his other classmates, and this novel is about his quest to be liked by his school. Also has a companion novel, ''Auggie and Me'', published in 2015.



* ThreeAmigos:
** August, Summer, and Jack whose friendship endures through two thirds of the book.
** Julian, Henry, and Miles form a villainous one that bullies Auggie and later Jack. [[spoiler:Until the events from the camp has Henry and Miles making a HeelFaceTurn and disassociating from Julian]].
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''Wonder'' is a [[MiddleGradeLiterature middle grade]] realistic fiction novel and R.J. Palacio's debut. It is about a 10-year-old ShrinkingViolet who is about to attend school for the first time since he's been too busy with surgeries of his deformed face to go earlier. Although he manages to form a ThreeAmigos with his fellow classmates Summer Dawson and Jacklope "Jack" Will, his face scares off or repulsed all of his other classmates, and this novel is about his quest to gain a HundredPercentAdorationRating in his school. Also has a companion novel, ''Auggie and Me'', published in 2015.

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''Wonder'' is a [[MiddleGradeLiterature middle grade]] realistic fiction novel and R.J. Palacio's debut. It is about a 10-year-old ShrinkingViolet who is about to attend school for the first time since he's been too busy with surgeries of his deformed face to go earlier. Although he manages to form a ThreeAmigos with his fellow classmates Summer Dawson and Jacklope "Jack" Will, his face scares off or repulsed all of his other classmates, and this novel is about his quest to gain a HundredPercentAdorationRating in be liked by his school. Also has a companion novel, ''Auggie and Me'', published in 2015.



* EarnYourHappyEnding: August's got a ''long'' way to go before he can earn his HundredPercentAdorationRating.

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* EarnYourHappyEnding: August's got a ''long'' way to go before he can earn his HundredPercentAdorationRating.popularity.
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* OverprotectiveDad: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted.]] August's mom wants him to go to school to come out of his shell but his dad is worried about that. After his mom sees what school is like they switch sides.
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* MoreHateableMinorVillain: Julian is the story's BigBad, but "The Julian Chapter" expands on his backstory that makes him much more sympathetic than the likes of Eddie and ''Julian's own mother'', both of whom aren't shown to have a redemption arc.


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* VillainProtagonist: "The Julian Chapter" is basically ''Wonder'' through Julian's POV.

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* GreaterScopeVillain: Julian's mom, and it's not just the fact that she's ''even'' more unsympathetic towards Auggie than he was. She was the one who cropped out Auggie from the school photo, simply because she wanted to pander to Julian's needs of suffering from "night terrors." During her visit to Mr. Tushman's office, she even attempts to have Auggie ''kicked out of the school'' because she thinks someone like him is a danger to the students. The book even lampshades this poetically: "The apple doesn't fall from the tree."

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* GreaterScopeVillain: Julian's mom, and it's not just the fact that she's ''even'' more unsympathetic towards Auggie than he was. She was the one who cropped out Auggie from the school photo, simply because she wanted to pander to Julian's needs of suffering from "night terrors." During her visit to Mr. Tushman's office, she even attempts to have Auggie ''kicked out of the school'' simply because she thinks someone kids aren't prepared to experience people like him is a danger to the students.him. The book even lampshades this poetically: "The apple doesn't fall from the tree."



** Julian's mother gets her comeuppance as well, after outright discouraging Beecher Prep for accepting Auggie into their program — believing kids aren't ready to experience his appearance. Her attempts at defending Julian from suspension are shut down by Mr. Tushman, and it's implied she gives up her involvement as a school PTA.



* {{Motif}}: Outer space.
** Auggie is a big fan of ''Franchise/StarWars''.

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* {{Motif}}: Outer space.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: The ''Auggie and Me'' companion piece the following characters front and center of their own story with Auggie: Christopher (Auggie's childhood best-friend), Charlotte (a close friend of Auggie who meets him in the first day of school), and ''Julian'' (Auggie's bully and nemesis). The ''White Bird'' film is basically an adaptation of "The Julian Chapter", with Bryce Gheisar reprising his role.



* SwitchingPOV: Most of the book is centered around August, but the other main characters get to talk about their points of view as well.
* SympatheticPOV: The SwitchingPOV allows the audience to hear some characters' side of the story, like Jack's or Miranda's, who at some point have acted antagonistically.

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* SwitchingPOV: Most of the book is centered around August, but the other main characters (i.e., Jack, Summer, Via, Justin, and Miranda) get to talk about their points of view as well.
well. The ''Auggie and Me'' companion extends this with Julian, Christopher, and Charlotte.
* SympatheticPOV: The SwitchingPOV allows the audience to hear some characters' side of the story, like Jack's or Miranda's, who at some point have acted antagonistically. The ''Auggie and Me'' companion even goes as far as to have ''Julian's'' POV as well.

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* EmbarrassingNickname: August's dad calls him [[ShoutOut "Auggie Doggie"]] which he doesn't seem to like.

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* EmbarrassingNickname: EmbarrassingNickname:
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August's dad calls him [[ShoutOut "Auggie Doggie"]] which he doesn't seem to like.like.
** It's much crueler with his peers though, comparing him with hideous ''Literature/LordOfTheRings'' characters like the Orcs and Gollum.

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* {{Expy}}: Auggie compares himself as the "Beast" to Summer's "Beauty" when his mom teases him about their relationship. To make this even more jarring, Julian's bullying of Auggie and interest in Summer is ''very'' in-line with Gaston's characterization



** Perhaps a better example is Julian's mother, who outright ''discourages'' the school for being accepting to people like Auggie — and even '''arguing''' with Mr. Tushman about it. It also makes the reader wonder how much influence Julian has gotten from his mom regarding ''her'' views of Auggie that led to Julian's bullying.

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** Perhaps a better example is Julian's mother, who outright ''discourages'' the school for being accepting to people like Auggie Auggie, believing that Auggie's peers are not ready to experience this sort of thing — and even '''arguing''' with Mr. Tushman about it. It also makes the reader wonder how much influence Julian has gotten from his mom regarding ''her'' views of Auggie that led to Julian's bullying.



* HeelFaceTurn:
** [[spoiler:Henry, Miles, and Amos undergo this after they defend Auggie from Eddie. It's to the point where they finally become Auggie's friends and disassociate from Julian]].
** [[spoiler:Julian himself undergoes this after a life-changing experience with his grandmother that has her tell the story of her childhood and the similarities Julian's namesake had with Auggie. It's to the point where Julian realizes the error of his ways and apologizes to Auggie]].



* ProductPlacement: Lucasfilm would have a field day for how many mentions of ''Franchise/StarWars'' there are.
** August is also known to own an ''UsefulNotes/XBox360'' and ''{{VideoGame/Halo}}''.

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* ProductPlacement: ProductPlacement:
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Lucasfilm would have a field day for how many mentions of ''Franchise/StarWars'' there are.
are. The film adaption has Chewbacca ''and'' Darth Sidious making their cameo appearances!
** August is also known to own an ''UsefulNotes/XBox360'' and ''{{VideoGame/Halo}}''. The film adaption has him playing ''{{VideoGame/Minecraft}}'' with Jack, which becomes a major plot device as both boys use the chat feature to reconcile.



* ThreeAmigos: August, Summer, and Jack whose friendship endures through two thirds of the book.

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* ThreeAmigos: ThreeAmigos:
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August, Summer, and Jack whose friendship endures through two thirds of the book.book.
** Julian, Henry, and Miles form a villainous one that bullies Auggie and later Jack. [[spoiler:Until the events from the camp has Henry and Miles making a HeelFaceTurn and disassociating from Julian]].



* WhamEpisode: [[spoiler:The so-called "Halloween Incident", where Jack makes some mean comments to August, who overhears them while in costume.]]

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* WhamEpisode: WhamEpisode:
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[[spoiler:The so-called "Halloween Incident", where Jack makes some mean comments to August, who overhears them while in costume.]]]]
** [[spoiler:Summer cryptically revealing to Jack why Auggie hates him]].
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* ArchEnemy: Julian is this to Auggie, being the latter's main bully. Julian later becomes this to Jack after the latter becomes closer to Auggie, and this gets intense when both Julian and Jack get ''physical'' with each other and the former declaring a ''boy war'' against the latter.


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* TheDreaded: Justin (being older) is able to intimidate Julian and his goons by using his violin & his violin case as a means to defend Jack. It gets bad to the point where Julian mocks Jack for "hiring a hitman."


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* HateSink:
** '''Julian''', big time — as his bullying of Auggie for his facial deformity is what kicks off the story's main conflict. This trope eventually dies down in "The Julian Chapter" when more of Julian's perspective is revealed, and he ends up going through a redemption arc.
** Perhaps a better example is Julian's mother, who outright ''discourages'' the school for being accepting to people like Auggie — and even '''arguing''' with Mr. Tushman about it. It also makes the reader wonder how much influence Julian has gotten from his mom regarding ''her'' views of Auggie that led to Julian's bullying.
** Eddie as well, especially since he destroys Auggie's hearing aid and doesn't go through a redemption arc [[spoiler:unlike Julian]].


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* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Jack redeems himself by becoming closer to Auggie and apologizing to him, goes as far as to defend him by physically attacking Julian. How does Julian respond? By making Jack just as big of a target as he is to Auggie.
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* GreaterScopeVillain: Julian's mom, and it's not just the fact that she's ''even'' more unsympathetic towards Auggie than he was. She was the one who cropped out Auggie from the school photo, simply because she wanted to pander to Julian's needs of suffering from "night terrors." During her visit to Mr. Tushman's office, she even attempts to have Auggie ''kicked out of the school'' because she thinks someone like him is a danger to the students. The book even lampshades this poetically: "The apple doesn't fall from the tree."


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** Eddie goes as far as to break Auggie's hearing aid while verbally ''and'' physically assaulting him. [[spoiler:He gets expelled]].


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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Auggie is bullied by his peers, most notably Julian and Eddie, for his facial deformity. But the absolute worst is easily Julian's mom who outright ''discourages'' the school for having people like him there.

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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: In "The Julian Chapter", Mr Tushman was completely unsympathetic towards Julian's suspension and had him suspended for two weeks over the bullying of Auggie. In TheFilmOfTheBook, Julian is suspended for only two days and he even admits he knows Julian is sorry for what he did.

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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: AdaptationalNiceGuy:
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In "The Julian Chapter", Mr Tushman was completely unsympathetic towards Julian's suspension and had him suspended for two weeks over the bullying of Auggie. In TheFilmOfTheBook, Julian is suspended for only two days and he even admits he knows Julian is sorry for what he did.did.
** Julian himself fits the trope in the film (though by comparison). While both adaptations go through a redemption arc, Julian is apologetic much earlier in the film and even ''congratulates'' Auggie for winning the school's prestigious award. Julian doesn't show up in the ceremony in the books, and only apologizes to Auggie close to the beginning of the following school year after a life-changing experience in France.



* BigBad: Julian.

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* BigBad: Julian. He's Auggie's main bully, and later becomes one to Jack as well.



* TheBully: Julian.

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* TheBully: Julian. He bullies Auggie because of his facial deformity, and later Jack for befriending the latter.



* CoDragons: Miles and Henry.

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* CoDragons: Miles and Henry. [[spoiler:Until they make a HeelFaceTurn]].



* HiddenDepths: [[spoiler:Ximena Chin, the best friend of [[AlphaBitch Savannah]], is not only much nicer than she seems to be and is truly remorseful about the teasing of Auggie (who she has come to admire) but she has a younger brother with Down's Syndrome that she adores dearly.]]

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* HiddenDepths: HiddenDepths:
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[[spoiler:Ximena Chin, the best friend of [[AlphaBitch Savannah]], is not only much nicer than she seems to be and is truly remorseful about the teasing of Auggie (who she has come to admire) but she has a younger brother with Down's Syndrome that she adores dearly.]]



* HourglassPlot: Auggie starts out as an outcast (due to his facial deformity) and is bullied by Julian, who happens to be one of the popular kids. [[spoiler:By the end of the novel, Auggie becomes some sort of a school celebrity after the camping trip. As for Julian? Nobody, not even his close friends: Henry, Miles, and Amos associate with him]].



* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: [[spoiler:Julian and Eddie are the only antagonists who don't HeelFaceTurn by the ending.]] As of The Julian Chapter and ''White Bird: A Wonder Story'' this is finally subverted for [[spoiler:Julian]].

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* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: [[spoiler:Julian [[spoiler:Julian, Julian's mother, and Eddie are the only antagonists who don't HeelFaceTurn by the ending.]] As of The Julian Chapter and ''White Bird: A Wonder Story'' this is finally subverted for [[spoiler:Julian]].


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* LaserGuidedKarma:
** Julian starts out as one of Beecher Prep's popular students, and uses it at his advantage to bully Auggie for his facial deformity. [[spoiler:It gets bad to the point where he is suspended from school, is unable to attend the trip, and his mom ends up pulling him out — but that doesn't stop there. After the events of the camping trip occur, ''everyone'' (including his CoDragons Henry and Miles) disassociates from him, and Auggie ends up becoming even '''more''' popular than Julian ever could be]].
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* {{Stripperific}}: Miranda and Ella's new look. Complete with pink hair and BareYourMidriff outfits!

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* AdaptationalHeroism: Julian. In the book he remains a complete jerk until the end, skips the graduation ceremony and doesn't reform or feel sorry for what he's done until after his grandma tells him an emotional story over the summer and then he apoligizes to Auggie. In the movie he apoligizes to Mr. Tushman in the scene he's caught with a flat-out " I'm sorry." (in the Julian Chapter he only said "I'm sorry I wrote those last notes" and didn't truly feel bad) and goes to the graduation ceremony where he can be seen clapping for Auggie and smiling.
** The film trailer for ''White Bird: A Wonder Story'' seems to undo this, with a now very teenage Julian starting at a new school after (seemingly just) having been expelled from Beecher Prep for bullying.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: In "The Julian Chapter" Mr Tushman was completely unsympathetic towards Julian's suspension and had him suspended for two weeks over the bullying of Auggie. In TheFilmOfTheBook, Julian is suspended for only two days and he even admits he knows Julian is sorry for what he did.

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* AdaptationalHeroism: Julian. In the book he remains a complete jerk until the end, skips the graduation ceremony and doesn't reform or feel sorry for what he's done until after his grandma tells him an emotional story over the summer and then he apoligizes to Auggie. In the movie he apoligizes to Mr. Tushman in the scene he's caught with a flat-out " I'm sorry." (in the Julian Chapter he only said "I'm sorry I wrote those last notes" and didn't truly feel bad) and goes to the graduation ceremony where he can be seen clapping for Auggie and smiling.
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smiling. [[note]] However, the film trailer for ''White Bird: A Wonder Story'' seems to undo this, with a now very teenage Julian starting at a new school after (seemingly just) having been expelled from Beecher Prep for bullying.
bullying. [[/note]]
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: In "The Julian Chapter" Chapter", Mr Tushman was completely unsympathetic towards Julian's suspension and had him suspended for two weeks over the bullying of Auggie. In TheFilmOfTheBook, Julian is suspended for only two days and he even admits he knows Julian is sorry for what he did.

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A film adaptation was released by Creator/{{Lionsgate}} on November 17, 2017, with Creator/JacobTremblay in the lead role as Auggie, Creator/JuliaRoberts and Creator/OwenWilson as his parents and [[Literature/ThePerksOfBeingAWallflower Stephen Chbosky]] as the film's director. Broadway is producing a version of the story.

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A film adaptation was released by Creator/{{Lionsgate}} on November 17, 2017, with Creator/JacobTremblay in the lead role as Auggie, Creator/JuliaRoberts and Creator/OwenWilson as his parents and [[Literature/ThePerksOfBeingAWallflower Stephen Chbosky]] Chbosky as the film's director. Broadway is producing a version of the story.story.

No relation to ''Literature/TheWonder'' or its 2022 [[Film/TheWonder film adaptation]].
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* WhatIfTheBabyIsLikeMe: Olivia has sworn herself off from ever having children because she carries the mutant gene that caused Auggie's facial deformity, and she doesn't want to risk the possibility of passing it on to any of her descendants.
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* ParentsAsPeople: As mentioned above, while Nate and Isabel Pullman are GoodParents to Via and Auggie, the latter's condition means most of their attention is focused on him rather than Via. Via takes this in stride (mostly) since she understands why this happens and its clear she's never been deprived of parental love.
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* EverybodyLives: [[spoiler:Par for the course for a realistic fiction novel, but every villain {{Heel-Face Turn}}s except for Julian, who ends up redeeming himself somewhat in sequel book “The Julian Chapter”. And Eddie, who is heavily implied to have been expelled. The only character who doesn't make it is Daisy.]]

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* EverybodyLives: [[spoiler:Par for the course for a realistic fiction novel, but every villain {{Heel-Face {{Heel Face Turn}}s except for Julian, who ends up redeeming himself somewhat in sequel book “The Julian Chapter”. And Eddie, who is heavily implied to have been expelled. The only character who doesn't make it is Daisy.]]
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* BlindingBangs: August [[ExploitedTrope takes advantage]] of his so he doesn't have to see people's reactions to his face.

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