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Auggie & Me: Three Wonder Stories by R.J. Palacio

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Brief synopsis (no spoilers): Originally written as three separate short story e-books this book tells the story of three characters who are found in the Wonder book (See previous post here: http://bcereviews.blogspot.com/2018/01/wonder-by-rj-palacio.html) . However, instead of being told by or about Auggie himself, these books tell the experiences of these other students who knew Auggie during their 5th grade year: Jullian the bully, Christopher the oldest friend, and Charlotte a welcome buddy/classmate.  

Category: Middle School

Why I chose this book: Follow up on Wonder 

My personal opinion:  These were interesting reads, though in a few places I felt like the story was longer than it needed to be. 

Warnings
Language: None
Violence: None
"Adult" situations: None
Death: None

Movie rating equivalent: PG

Protagonist description: *some spoilers*

Jillian was Auggie's biggest bully at school and created some of the biggest problems for Auggie at school. In this story we get some amount of insight into his thoughts about Auggie and why he acted the way he did. Jillian has trouble feeling remorse for how he treated Auggie until he spends some time with his Grandmother. 

Christopher is Auggie's oldest friend. Their Mom's where pregnant at the same time and had been friends since they were born. Christopher's story details a really hard day in his life where he has a rough day at school and his Mom gets in an accident and breaks her leg. He's also dealing with trying to be popular and well liked by some band mates who are making fun of another kid in the band. Christopher is able to draw on his experience with Auggie to stand with this other classmate. 

Charlotte was asked by the Principal to be one of Auggie's welcome buddies when he first starts school. She is kind to him but doesn't go out of her way to be friends with him in school. She has her own life of dance practice and trying to figure out which group of girls she wants to be friends with. 
    
Point of view of story:  Each story is told from that character's perspective

Book length: Short

Story flow: Linear within each story

Grammar and spelling issues: None

Character connection (no spoilers): None

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