birth defects

August "Auggie" Pullman, a boy born with a facial deformity, is finally ready to go to a public school for the beginning of his fifth grade year. Inside he feels just like other kids, but his face may separate him from potential friends forever.

Jacob, Emma, and Addison travel through time from present-day London to the slums of Victorian England to rescue the other Peculiar Children from a guarded fortress.

Ten-year-old Auggie Pullman, who was born with extreme facial abnormalities and was not expected to survive, goes from being home-schooled to entering fifth grade at a private middle school in Manhattan, which entails enduring the taunting and fear of his classmates as he struggles to be seen as just another student.

"Robert Hoge was born with a tumor the size of a tennis ball in the middle of his face and short, twisted legs, but he refused to let what made him different stand in the way of leading a happy, successful life. This is the true story of how he embraced his circumstances and never let his 'ugly' stop him from focusing on what truly mattered"--Provided by publisher.

Chace has become accustomed to the bullying he has to endure at school, but when one of the bullies begins to taunt him because his mother is dating an Iranian man, he makes a decision to stand up to the harassment that gets him suspended. Left looking like the bad guy, he searches for a way to overcome the battle he can't seem to win.

Augie enjoys the company of his dog, Daisy, and using his imagination, but painfully endures the taunts of his peers because of his facial deformity.

"Augie enjoys the company of his dog, Daisy, and using his imagination, but painfully endures the taunts of his peers because of his facial deformity"--OCLC.

Ten-year-old Auggie Pullman, who was born with extreme facial abnormalities and was not expected to survive, goes from being home-schooled to entering fifth grade at a private middle school in Manhattan, which entails enduring the taunts and fear of his classmates as he struggles to be seen as just another student.

Shares Julian's side of his relationship with fifth-grader Auggie Pullman, whose story was told in the author's "Wonder" from six different viewpoints, but which did not include the bully Julian's perspective.

Chace has been bullied for years by Ivan, first for his facial deformity then for his mother's Iranian-American boyfriend, but when he decides to pay back Ivan's Internet attacks with a cyberthreat of his own, he faces suspension from school--and worse.