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August Pullman Argumentative Essay

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What if you were born with a face that makes little kids run away or people would try to avoid touching you. That was life for 10 year old August Pullman. Life for August was far from ordinary, born with face that horrifies everyone, August always knew he was different from other kids. At least that was what he thought. Over the years he was homed schooled due to several health issues as well has major surgeries that were performed on his face but as time passes August is giving the choice to go to a real school. Choosing to go to Beecher prep middle school he thought his life would be terrible but instead it was the opposite. Many challenges where face, friendship were broken, and friendship was earned but despite it all august learns that

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