***#68 in Nonfiction on 12/5/17*** ***#17 in Essay on 5/13/18*** "Have no friends not equal to yourself." -Confucius My favorite of Mr. Browne's precepts from Wonder by R. J. Palacio. This essay reflects on how this theme is demonstrated by the character relationships throughout the book. *Update on 11/25/17: I've added my review of the new Wonder movie. (minor spoiler warning) *Update on 12/2/17: I changed the Note at the beginning in response to recent events concerning plagiarism.

August finally is starting to fit in until he starts to join the wrong group of kids who use him. When August starts to find out, he tries to slowly fade away from the group and join his read friends again. But things aren't as easy as it seems, family troubles are making things even harder for August.