Leyton+Journal

1/7/15 I don't really think August is making too big of a deal because people can be hurt at a party or over an invitation. If you don't get invited to a party that you've heard about a bunch, you might be really hurt especially if you know the host really well. I have been hurt over a party Invite. Once I heard that one of my good friends was having a birthday party and I wasn't invited so I was actually really hurt.

1/9/15 Mom is more scared then August at this point because she didn't expect Mr. Tushman to let some students lead August around school. Mom is probably nervous because she doesn't know how the kids will act and how August will react. Mom has never met the kids so she does not know very much about them. Mom does not know if August is ready for school.

1/12/15 At the end of the chapter my feelings are shocked. Although Julian was being a jerk I think the tour went pretty well. Jack, Julian, and Charlotte showed August everything and answered questions.

1/12/15 At the end of the chapter home August surprises me because he does want to go to school. Julian May have been a jerk but august still wants to go to school. Mom is also surprised because she thought Julian was the nice one but he was just acting nice around the grownups.

1/16/15 My feelings about Jack after finishing part one are surprised because he had been so nice to August but then when he thought August wasn't there he stabbed him in the back by saying bad stuff behind his back. Jack might of been influence to say some bad stuff about August because Julian and another kid were saying really mean stuff. Jack had only been nice to August because Mr. Tushman told him to be. I wonder if Mr. Tushman told Summer the same exact thing.

1/16/15 August might change his mind and decide to go back to school if Jack comes by and apologizes or if Summer comes by and asks whats going on. I probably would not have the guts to go back because if I was in the same situation and already knew that people did not like me and were talking about me behind my back but then I find out my best friend was not even my friend and was one of the other people making fun of me, so I would be really hurt. August should tell his parents about whats going on because his parents might have helpful advice or might want to pull August out of school completely.

1/16/15 I have learned many different things while reading part one of the book Wonder. I think the most important thing I have learned so far in the book Wonder is, no matter what you look like you are normal, ordinary and very unique in your own way. I would like to tweet this "you may not look like every one else but don't worry you are the same and just as special and unique in your own way."

1/26/15 When Via says "planets are falling out of alignment" she means that August has always been babied and has always had all the attention but this year things have started to change and Via might get more of the attention from her parents and August might get babied a lot less. Via always feels like she is the lone one out in the family. Via's parents don't really help her with anything and don't pay much attention to her. Now that August is in school he may get less attention and might be babied less.

1/26/15 On the last paragraph of page eighty seven Via said "I held on to that secret and let it cover me like a blanket." Via means she has kept that secret and lets it surround her and keep her warm like a blanket. Via knew it was a big secret because grandmothers are not supposed to pick favorites.

2/2/15 Summer left the party because they were talking about August and how she should stop hanging out with him and stop talking to him. They also told Summer that she would be way more popular if she didn't hang out with him. I would probably do the smart thing and leave the party like Summer. I would do this because I would not want to be dragged into any drama that might go on and I would not like people talking about my friend behind their backs.

2/9/15 After reading the chapter letters, emails, Facebook, and text I learned that Mrs. Albany is a suck up and delusional because she thinks August has a disability but August does not have a disability of any sort. I learned that Mr. Tushman is good at handling situations where if he says the wrong thing to someone everything could go wrong from there. I also learned that Mr. Tushman is good at pointing out the obvious without getting someone mad.

2/9/15 I think if I were August I would actually forgive jack for what he said because I know that Jack truly is sorry for what he said. I also thing that Jack didn't actually mean the nasty stuff that was said. Jack had also punched Julian in the mouth and knocked out a baby tooth because Julian had called August a freak. Jack just made a bad decision on Halloween that's all.

2/9/15 In this so called war I would place myself more on the neutral side. I picked this because i'm not quite sure I'd want to be a friend of Jacks because i'd be a little bit nervous after hearing about Jack punching Julian in the mouth and knocking out a baby tooth. On the other hand I'm not sure if I would believe the rumors that Julian is spreading all over the school.

2/19/15 I have to say that my final decision would be to not tell Mr. Tushman about the notes. One of my reasons is that if August tells Mr. Tushman about Julian's notes, Mr. Tushman could ask Julian about it and Julian may know that Jack and August have been giving him notes too then it would all back fire on Jack and August. Another one of my reasons is if August tells he will be called a snitch by every student in the whole school then everyone will dislike August even more then they already do now.

2/20/15 In this novel I have learned so much about the significance of family. One example of this is the fight with August, mom, and via because a few days later they all forgot about it and no one spook about it again and this shows forgiveness among the family. Another example of this from the book is when mom and dad went up to Olivia after the play and started giving her kind complements and this shows the parents being proud of their daughter.