Wonder

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I know I'm not an ordinary ten-year-old kid.

I mean, I do ordinary things.

Eat ice cream. Ride my bike.

I'm really good at playing sports.

Well... on my Xbox.

I love Minecraft, science and dressing up for Halloween.

I love to lightsaber fight with my dad

and watch Star Wars movies with him.

And drive my big sister crazy.

And dream about being in outer space, just like any ordinary kid.

I just don't look ordinary when I'm doing these things.

Not even my birth was ordinary.

It was...

hilarious.

Now, how can a birth be hilarious, you ask?

A teenage doctor helps.

This is my first day.

Nate!

A massive video camera also aids the situation.

But to really be funny, you need what all the best jokes have:

a punch line.

He's coming!

With the baby. Go with the baby.

- Go, sir. - Go with the baby.

I've had 27 surgeries since then.

They've helped me to breathe, to see, to hear without a hearing aid,

and some even helped me look a bit better.

But none of them have made me look ordinary.

He said he doesn't want to go.

But he's ready.

No, he's not ready.

I cannot home school him forever.

Every year that we wait, it'll just be harder to start.

This is the first year of middle school for everyone.

He will not be the only new kid.

Okay, well, he's gonna be the only new kid that looks like him.

Look, will you stop folding towels for just one second and please listen?

It's like leading a lamb to the slaughter...

and you know it.

I know I'll never just be an ordinary kid.

Ordinary kids don't make other kids run away from playgrounds.

Ordinary kids don't get stared at wherever they go.

But it's okay if you wanna stare too.

My name is Auggie Pullman.

Next week, I start fifth grade.

And since I've never been to real school before...

I'm pretty much totally and completely petrified.

Mrs. Pullman, so good to see you again.

And you must be Auggie. What a pleasure to meet you.

I'm Mr. Tushman.

You can laugh about that. Tushman.

I've heard them all.

Tushy. Butt-man. Butt-face.

Mr. Tuchus.

And then in the spring, we have a science fair.

And from what your home school teacher tells me, you'll get first prize.

You hear that, Auggie?

Then right before graduation, whole class takes a trip

to a nature reserve in Pennsylvania.

It is the highlight of the year.

I promise you.

- So, I went to the... - Good, they're here.

Being in it was super fun.

Who are they?

Well, I thought it would be helpful for you to meet some of our students

before you start school, Auggie. What do you think?

Other kids now?

They were in the elementary school so they know their way around...

and they'll give you a nice tour.

It will be fine.

Auggie, this is Jack Will, Julian, and Charlotte.

Guys, this is Auggie Pullman.

- Hi. - Hi.

Hey.

Meeting kids is harder than meeting adults.

Everyone makes the same face at first...

but kids aren't as good at hiding it.

So I usually look down.

You can learn a lot about people from their shoes.

I think these three are:

trust fund kid,

hand-me-down kid...

Crazy kid.

I act in TV commercials.

Really?

Yeah. Tide.

Why don't you guys take Auggie around the school a bit.

Just be back here in a half hour?

I started when I was two. Local spots mostly.

Then, when I was three, I booked my first national. Nestlé Quik.

It was hard, because I'm lactose intolerant.

Anyway, have you ever heard of a spit bucket?

So this is our homeroom. We have Mr. Browne.

My mom says he's a little weird.

Then I was in the chorus

of the Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular.

I auditioned for Annie on Broadway.

I got two callbacks for Molly, but I guess they went in a different direction.

Hey, Charlotte?

Don't you ever stop talking?

So, this is the cafeteria.

The food here is okay for school food.

Or do you eat special food?

This reminds me of my guest spot on Law & Order.

So, the science elective is supposably really hard.

So you probably won't be spending much time here.

No offense, but if you've never been in a real school before...

Dude, he's been homeschooled.

Okay, I'm just saying.

Science is supposably really hard.

But you're taking it, too, right?

Hey, maybe you could fail together.

Why don't you get out of the way, so he can check it out?

Okay.

I mean, there's nothing much to see. Desks. Chairs.

The incubator. Bunsen burners.

Those are some really gross science posters.

And this is an eraser.

He knows what an eraser is.

How am I supposed to know what he knows? He doesn't say anything.

You know what an eraser is, right?

Dude, you have to say something.

Yeah, I know what an eraser is.

Is... is your name Jack or Jack Will?

Wait, you thought his name was Jack Will?

Yeah, a lot of people call me by my first and last name.

I don't know why.

Got any other questions?

Actually, I've got a question for Auggie.

- What's the deal with your face? - Dude!

I mean, were you in a car crash or something?

- Julian! - What?

Tushman said we could ask questions if we wanted to.

Not rude questions. Besides, he was born like that, Mr. Tushman said.

Yeah, I know. I just thought maybe he was, like, in a fire, too.

Hey, Julian, shut up.

- You shut up! - Why don't we all shut up?

No, I wasn't in a fire.

And the word's "supposedly."

What?

You said that science is "supposably really hard."

Twice.

The word's "supposedly." With a "D."

Maybe my mom can home school you, too.

Do you wanna tell us yet how you felt about the tour today?

Mr. Tushman went out of his way to tell me how sweet those kids were

and that Julian is apparently quite the dream.

No.

Not a dream?

Is he one of those kids that acts one way in front of grownups

and then another way in front of kids?

Yeah, I guess.

Well, I know it's hard, but you have to understand that

he probably feels badly about himself.

And when someone acts small,

you just have to be the bigger person, all right?

- Right. - Right.

Via, I'll get the pizza. Can you get the trivet?

Look at me, Auggie.

That kid sounds like a real jerk.

If somebody pushes you, you push back.

Don't be afraid of anyone.

Why are we whispering?

Because I'm afraid of Mom.

You just gotta be a bigger person and rise above it. It's that easy.

Auggie, I do believe

this is the best year for you to start school

because everybody is going to be new.

- But if you really don't wanna go... - No. It's okay. I wanna go.

You do?

What changed your mind?

Well they have a really good science elective.

And I need a better science teacher.

Well, there's that.

Are you gonna take that, Mom?

Can I get some backup here? You gonna let him talk to your wife like this?

I'm not gonna let him talk to my wife like that.

- Please! - Get him. Come on, Via.

Get in there. Get in there. Get in there.

I'll meet you right here after school.

Okay? Right here.

- I love you. - Love you too.

I'll see you later.

Can you hear me?

We're gonna have a little man-to-man.

Now, I gotta stop here, because past this point is a "No Dad Zone"

and you don't wanna walk up with your parents because it's not cool.

But you're cool.

I know I am, but technically most dads aren't, so...

And neither are these helmets.

Hey.

Two rules. First, only raise your hand once a class,

no matter how many answers you know.

Except for science. Crush them all.

Check.