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The Importance Of Appearance In Auggie's Wonder

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I am a fan of your wonderful book that I had recently read. Wonder is an incredible way to to show readers that no matter how people see you or what they think about your appearance does not show how you really really look on the inside. Auggie has gone through so so much during the year since he was born with a facial deformity. Surgery every week at very young age since he born. He had multiple surgeries and tubes to breath. Whenever he went to playgrounds kids would see him getting off the slide or climbing up to the slide they would scream cry and parents would take their kids and leave get upset like it was his fault their kids got scared it’s not like Auggie wanted himself to look the way he does. I didn’t like how Julian was so mean

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