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Fahmaa Indrayana
My podcast includes about horror stories, general stories, review book, singing, and sometimes learning bahasa Indonesia. This podcast contain 3 languages:Indonesian, English, and Javanese.
TITLE : wonder ,Author : R. J. Palacio ,Year :2012 ,Fiction/non-fiction : fiction, Summary :
August Pullman introduces himself to readers in the first chapter of the novel. August was born with severe birth defects, including mandibulo-facial dysostosis, which has left his entire face disfigured. "I won’t describe what I look like," he says. "Whatever you’re thinking, it’s probably worse.” In his ten years, August has learned to live with people's reactions to him. He doesn't like it, but he knows people will always stare at him and think of him as a freak. His parents have been protecting him by homeschooling him, but that changes when his mother decides it's time for him to start attending a regular school. August's parents enroll him in Beecher Prep, a private school. During the tour of the building, August meets future classmates Jack Will, Julian, and Charlotte, his guides. Julian reveals himself to be a bully when he asks if August is a burn victim. Charlotte admonishes Julian for being rude, but Jack remains silent. He gives August a smile at the end of the tour, though, and is friendly toward him. On his first day of school, August deliberately sits in the very back of every class. Everyone besides Jack steers clear of his desk, refusing to sit next to him. August appreciates Jack's gesture and starts to think of him as a friend. In homeroom, his teacher, Ms. Petosa, asks August to introduce himself. Julian asks if August's braid is a "Padawan thing," referring to Jedi knights in training from Star Wars. Julian pointedly asks if August likes Darth Sidious, a character whose face was melted in a fire. His classmates don't get the reference, but August knows that Julian was trying to get under his skin. At lunch, August doesn't sit with Jack and instead finds an empty table. His deformities make him kind of a messy eater, and he feels self-conscious. Soon, a girl named Summer joins him, and they strike up a friendship. This bright spot doesn't change the fact that August's first day of school is rough. At home, August cuts off his Padawan braid and asks his mom why he's so ugly. September is hard, but October is better. October 10th is August's birthday, and he insists on hosting his birthday party at a bowling alley. Jack Will, Summer, and three other kids from school come. Halloween is August's favorite day of the year because it gives him an excuse to hide behind a mask and pretend to be someone else. He initially plans on dressing up as Boba Fett, but at the last second he changes into a Bleeding Scream costume. On the way to homeroom, August sees a boy dressed like Darth Sidious and realizes that it's Julian, who is waiting outside the classroom with his friends to bully August. The boys don't recognize August, however, expecting him to be dressed as Boba Fett. August overhears a conversation between Julian and Jack, whose voice he recognizes under the costume. Jack says he doesn't want to be friends with August, but Mr. Tushman practically forced him to. Jack is just lying to save face in front of Julian, but August doesn't know that. He cries in the bathroom after class and decides to stop being friends with Jack.