123 3 Growing up R.J. Palacio is New York City-born Raquel Jaramillo Palacio’s (1963– ) pen name. She published her first novel, Wonder, in 2012. A meeting with a little girl who had a facial deformity inspired her to write the story about August, the main character in Wonder. The Halloween Party (excerpt from Wonder) After the summer holidays, Summer becomes friends with a new boy at her school, August. August is nice and fun to be with. There is just one thing that is very different about him: his face is deformed. It can be difficult to stand out in high school, and it turns out that it is not that easy to be friends with someone who stands out, either. […] I was really excited because I got an invitation to Savanna’s Halloween party. Savanna is probably the most popular girl in the school. All the boys like her. All the girls want to be friends with her. She was the first girl in the grade to actually have a “boyfriend”. It was some kid who goes to MS 281, though she dumped him and started dating Henry Joplin, which makes sense because the two of them totally look like teenagers already. Anyway, even though I’m not in the “popular” group, I somehow got invited, which is very cool. When I told Savanna I got her invitation and would be going to her party, she was really nice to me, though she made sure to tell me that she didn’t invite a lot of people, so I shouldn’t go around bragging to anyone that I got invited. Maya didn’t get invited, for instance. Savanna also made sure to tell me not to wear a costume. It’s good she told me because, of course, I would have worn a costume to a Halloween party Before reading Read the introduction. What does it mean “to stand out”? Give examples of the different ways people can stand out. Freewrite for two minutes. a deformity – afmyndun excited – spenntur to brag – monta sig for instance – til dæmis
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