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Wonder: A book that you need to read What if there was a book that could teach students many different lessons all at the same time? Well the book Wonder does just that. Throughout the book it talks about various themes such as bullying, friendship, kindness and much more. In the book, parts of it take place in Beecher Prep school where most of the topics, like bullying, occur. All of the topics that are mentioned are very real and do happen in actual schools. The topics that come up aren’t just random things, they will actually help you out in life. Most of the issues that are mentioned are good, like friendship, but some aren’t so good, like bullying, and are big problems today. There are kids out there who don’t really know that being a bully is bad and that you should be respectful to everyone. Some kids may not have learned, or have not been told enough, that bullying others is something you shouldn’t do. There are many different …show more content…

Because of those reasons, Wonder should be taught in all schools. Wonder talks about bullying in school. Bullying can “be physical, verbal, relational (targeting reputations and relationships), or directed at property (such as taking or damaging items)”. First off, in the book Auggie gets bullied because of his face. Auggie is new to the school so no one really knows him, and according to the article titled "Bullying", “the victims are often students who are not part of an established social group at school, such as new students or those who suffer from health or learning disabilities”. Next there is a boy named Julian who bullies Auggie throughout the book. Julian also starts to bully a boy named Jack, who used to be his friend until he started hanging out with Auggie. In the article it states that “school bullying can consist of physical violence against a student

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