WONDER:
The book, Wonder, follows the story of August "Auggie" Pullman, a 10 year old boy living with a medical condition often equated with Treacher Collins Syndrome, which has left his face disfigured, and his first experience going to school. The book explores the nature of friendship, tenacity, fear and kindness, explores fundamental truths about how people behave and how they should behave. Whilst reading the book, key and interesting elements were noted down, alongside brief initial ideas which came from this reading.
Interesting and key elements of the book:
'I eat ice-cream. I ride my bike. I play ball. I have an Xbox'.
- illustrations of these, include astronaut helmet Auggie used to wear.
Star Wars / Wookie.
Bleeding scream mask / Boba Fett (Star Wars themes / Halloween settings).
School settings.
- chalkboard, handwritten type.
- front cover could be a chalkboard with chalk drawings and type.
How many surgeries Auggie has had.
Astronaut helmet / science themes and analogies (Auggie's favourite subject).
'August is the sun. Me (Via) and mum and dad are the planets orbiting the sun. The rest of our family and friends are asteroids and comets floating around the planets orbiting the sun'.
- use this line as imagery, place Auggie in the middle, with family surrounding.
- illustrations of planets in the solar system.
Uglydoll keyring.
Notes put into lockers.
- visualise scrap pieces of lined paper / paper pinned to school lockers (yellow).
- could use this on the back cover to contain the information.
- visualise drawings on lockers / graffiti in black and red pen (doodles - potentially make them look like a child has done them).
- could write the title of the book as if written on a locker or chalkboard.
School bus / camping trip to a nature reserve.
- forest, woodland themes and settings, fire.
Graduation.
- illustration of graduation cap, could be balanced against a locker or drawn onto a chalkboard.
- Auggie's gold medal award.
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