1- and Auggie’s sister, Via, have known each other since first grade. has known Auggie since he was a baby. and Auggie used to sing Space Oddity by David Bowie together because of the astronaut helmet that Auggie liked to wear. parents got divorced the summer before high school started. Now and Via are not as close as they used to be.

2- is one of the smartest kids in grade. It makes a lot of other kids think is a goody-two-shoes. loves theater and dancing, and has two sisters and a puppy named Suki that family adopted from an animal shelter. is friendly and doesn’t choose sides at school.

3- is ten years old. loves Xbox, dog, Daisy, and Star Wars. favourite holiday is Halloween. has had twenty-seven surgeries - some big, some small. problem comes from a specific gene. parents and his sister each carry the gene, too, but only shows it.
It is also hard for to hear, and sometimes it’s hard to tell when is smiling. Because of surgeries, studied at home for a long time. started going to Beecher School in fifth grade. There has made a lot of new friends, and smiles a lot now.

4- is Auggie’s older sister and a new student at Faulkner High School. sometimes feels is not as important to family, especially since their grandmother and one of favourite people, died. Sometimes is frustrated that is defined more as Auggie’s sister, but is also very protective of brother and is a great sister and friend to him.


5- is one of Auggie’s first friends at Beecher School. and Auggie have six classes together: homeroom, English, history, computer, music, and science. doesn’t love school, except for some classes, like PE (Physical Education) and computer class. has August in many classes, and it is easier because they make each other laugh in class a lot.

6- is one of Auggie’s biggest obstacles at Beecher School. is rude to Auggie and makes other kids feel like they have to be, too. is an only child, and popularity at school is really important to . After spending the summer with his grandmother in Paris, feels sorry for how treated Auggie during the school year. apologizes and decides to enroll in a new school for the sixth grade for a fresh start.

7- is very popular, but doesn’t always do what the other popular boys or girls do. sits with Auggie at lunch on his first day of school. They realized that their names are both summer names. They only have one class together, English, but they eat lunch together every day and walk together after school a lot. One of favourite sayings is “cool beans.” It is also a great way to describe .

Vocabulary - goody-two-shoes: que és massa bo/bona; cool beans: que guai!