AUGGIE

Auggie (August) Pullman is ten years old. He loves Xbox, his dog, Daisy, and he really loves Star
Wars. His favorite character is Jango Fett, and he used to have a small braid in the back of his
head like a Padawan Jedi apprentice. His favorite holiday is Halloween, and his birthday is
October 10th.

Auggie has had twenty-seven surgeries—some big, some small—and he has some medical
mysteries that doctors still haven’t figured out. All of this comes from a specific gene. His
parents and his sister, Via, each carry the gene, too, but only Auggie shows it.

The way he looks makes people stare, which he’s used to. It also makes it hard for him to hear
(but he has a new hearing aid that makes a big difference), and sometimes it’s hard to tell when
he’s smiling. Because of his surgeries, Auggie was homeschooled for a long time, but started
going to Beecher Prep in fifth grade, where he made a lot of new friends. He smiles a lot now.

August "Auggie" Pullman is a 10-year-old boy living in a brownstone in Brooklyn, New York, with his
mother Isabel, father Nate, older sister Olivia "Via", and dog Daisy. He was born with a rare medical
facial deformity, which he refers to as "mandibulofacial dysostosis", and has undergone 27 different
surgeries as a result. Auggie has been home-schooled, but as he approaches fifth grade, his parents
decide to enroll him in Beecher Prep, a private school. Before the school year begins, Auggie meets
with Mr. Tushman, the principal, who arranges a tour for him with three other students: Jack Will,
Julian Albans, and Charlotte Cody. When school starts, Auggie is initially ostracized by nearly the
entire student body, but soon forms a close friendship with Jack.
For Halloween, Auggie dresses in a Ghostface mask and cloak when Daisy ruins the Boba
Fett costume he was planning to wear. He walks through school upbeat and confident due to the
anonymity his costume affords him. However, as he enters his homeroom, he overhears Jack, who
does not recognize him, joining in with Julian and his friends in making fun of him behind his back by
saying that 'he would kill himself' if he looked like Auggie. He becomes sick, forcing his mother to
abandon her mother-daughter day with Via to bring him home. Though she is hurt, Via convinces
Auggie to go trick-or-treating with her, as she has been rejected by her own former best friend
Miranda.
Eventually, Auggie forms a new friendship with a girl named Summer and confides in her about his
split with Jack. When Jack asks Summer why Auggie is avoiding him, she only gives him the clue
"Ghostface". In science class, realization dawns on him, and he resolves to partner with Auggie
instead of Julian for the school science fair. When Julian confronts Jack in the hallway and calls
Auggie a "freak", the two begin fighting. Jack writes a letter of apology to Mr. Tushman, who,
knowing he was defending Auggie, suspends Jack for two days rather than expelling him; Jack later
apologizes to Auggie and they reconcile.
Meanwhile, Via signs up for Drama Club at her high school after meeting a boy named Justin, with
whom she soon begins a romantic relationship. Via is selected to be an understudy for Miranda in
the lead role in the school's production of Our Town, but on opening night, Miranda, whose divorced
parents are not there to support her, pretends to be ill after learning Via's family is attending. Via
takes her place and gives a moving performance that earns her a standing ovation. Via and Miranda
then reconcile.
Auggie continues to be harassed by Julian and his friends until Mr. Browne, the homeroom teacher,
gets wind of what's going on. Mr. Tushman confronts Julian and his parents with the evidence,
including numerous hate notes and a class picture with Auggie photoshopped out. Julian's mother,
admitting that she edited Auggie out of the picture, defends Julian's actions and asserts that the
students should not be exposed to Auggie. Despite her threats to pull their funding from the school,
Tushman suspends Julian for two days, causing him to miss an upcoming nature retreat; as they
leave, Julian is distraught when his mother declares he will not be back in the fall and apologizes to
Tushman.
At the nature retreat, Auggie and Jack are threatened by a trio of seventh graders from another
school, but Julian's former friends come to their rescue. Auggie then becomes more accepted by his
classmates.
At the year-end graduation ceremony, Auggie is given the Henry Ward Beecher Medal for standing
out among his classmates and receives a standing ovation. The movie ends with everyone
applauding Auggie, and Isabel telling him "you really are a wonder, Auggie".