Wonder

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(WOMAN 1 TALKING INDISTINCTLY

ON RADIO)

WOMAN 2:
(ON RADIO)

Stardust, go ahead.

WOMAN 1:

Activate the V-10 recorder.

WOMAN 2:
Copy.

(MAN 1 TALKING INDISTINCTLY

ON RADIO)

Quarter activation complete.

MAN 2:
Copy. Thank you.

AUGGIE:
I know I'm not

an ordinary 10-year-old kid.

I mean, I do ordinary things.

Eat ice cream. Ride my bike.

I'm really good

at playing sports.

Well, on my Xbox.

I love Minecraft, science

and dressing up for Halloween.

I love to lightsaber fight

with my dad.

And watch Star Wars movies

with him.

And drive my big sister crazy.

And dream about

being in outer space,

just like any ordinary kid.

I just don't look ordinary

when I'm doing these things.

Not even my birth

was ordinary.

It was hilarious.

Now, how can a birth

be hilarious, you ask?

A teenage doctor helps.

This is my first day.

AUGGIE:
A massive video camera

also aids the situation.

But to really be funny,

you need

what all the best jokes have.

A punch line.

DOCTOR:
He's coming!

(BABY CRYING)

(BABY CRYING FADES)

(INAUDIBLE)

(BABY CONTINUES CRYING)

Where's the baby going?

Go with the baby!

You need to go, sir.

AUGGIE:
I've had 27 surgeries

since then.

They've helped me to breathe,

to see,

to hear without a hearing aid,

and some even helped me

look a bit better.

But none of them

have made me look ordinary.

NATE:
He said

he doesn't want to go.

But he's ready.

NATE:
No, he's not ready.

I cannot

home school him forever.

Every year that we wait,

it'll just be harder to start.

This is the first year

of middle school for everyone.

He will not be

the only new kid.

NATE:
Okay, well, he's gonna

be the only new kid

that looks like him.

for just one second

and please listen?

It's like leading

a lamb to the slaughter.

And you know it.

AUGGIE:
I know I'll never

just be an ordinary kid.

Ordinary kids don't make

other kids

run away from playgrounds.

Ordinary kids don't get stared

at wherever they go.

But it's okay

if you wanna stare, too.

My name is Auggie Pullman.

Next week,

I start fifth grade.

And since I've never been

to real school before,

I'm pretty much totally

and completely petrified.

(SIGHS)

Mrs. Pullman,

so good to see you again.

And you must be Auggie.

What a pleasure to meet you.

I'm Mr. Tushman.

You can laugh about that.

Tushman.

I've heard 'em all.

Tushy. Butt man. Butt face.

(CHUCKLES) Oh.

Mr. Tuchus.

(AUGGIE SNORTS)

(LAUGHS)

MR. TUSHMAN:

And then in the spring,

we have a science fair.

And from what your

home school teacher tells me,

you'll get first prize.

You hear that, Auggie?

Then right before graduation,

whole class takes a trip

to a nature reserve

in Pennsylvania.

It is the highlight

of the year.

I promise you.

(KIDS CHATTERING)

Oh good, they're here.

Who are they?

to meet some of our students

'fore you start school,

Auggie.

What do you think?

Other kids now?

so they know

their way around and

they'll give you a nice tour.

It will be fine.

MR. TUSHMAN:
Auggie,

this is Jack Will,

Julian, and Charlotte.

Guys, this is Auggie Pullman.

Hi.

Hey.

AUGGIE:
Meeting kids is harder

than meeting adults.

Everyone makes

the same face at first.

But kids aren't as good

at hiding it.

So I usually look down.

You can learn a lot

about people from their shoes.

I think these three are

trust fund kid,

hand-me-down kid...

Uh-oh, crazy kid.

I act in TV commercials.

Really?

Yeah. Tide.

take Auggie 'round

the school a bit, huh?

Just be back here in, uh,

a half hour?

CHARLOTTE:
I started

when I was two.

Then when I was three

I booked my first national.

Nestl Quik.

It was hard, because

I'm lactose intolerant.

Anyway, have you ever heard

of a spit bucket?

So this is our homeroom.

We have Mr. Browne.

My mom says

he's a little weird.

CHARLOTTE:

Then I was in the chorus of

the Radio City Music Hall

Christmas Spectacular.

I auditioned

for Annie on Broadway.

I got two callbacks for Molly,

but I guess they went

in a different direction.

Hey, Charlotte!

Don't you ever stop talking?

So this is the cafeteria.

The food here is okay

for school food.

Or do you eat special food?

Wow! This reminds me of my

guess spot on Law & Order.

So the science elective

is supposably really hard.

So you probably won't be

spending much time here.

No offense,

but if you've never been

in a real school before...

Dude, he's been home schooled.

Okay, I'm just saying.

Science is supposably

really hard.

But you're taking it,

too, right?

(CHUCKLES) Hey,

maybe you could fail together.

Why don't you

get out of the way,

so he can check it out?

Okay.

I mean, there's nothing much

to see. Desks. Chairs.

The incubator. Bunsen burners.

Those are some

really gross science posters.

Oh! And this is an eraser.

CHARLOTTE:
He knows

what an eraser is.

How am I supposed to know

what he knows?

He doesn't say anything.

You know

what an eraser is, right?

(WHISPERS) Dude,

you have to say something.

Yeah, I know

what an eraser is.

Is... Is your name Jack

or Jackwill?

(GIGGLES) You thought his name

was Jackwill?

Yeah, a lotta people call me

by my first and last name.

I don't know why.

Got any other questions?

Actually, I've got

a question for Auggie.

- What's the deal with your face?

- Dude.

I mean were you

in a car crash or something?

- Julian!

- What?

Mr. Tushman said we could

ask questions if we wanted to!

Yeah, but not rude questions!

Besides, he was born

like that, Mr. Tushman said.

Yeah, I know. I just thought

maybe he was, like,

in a fire, too.

- Hey, Julian, shut up.

- You shut up!

Why don't we all shut up?

No, I wasn't in a fire.

And the word's "supposedly."

What?

You said that science

is supposably really hard.

Twice.

The word's "supposedly."

With a "D."

Maybe my mom

can home school you, too.

Do you wanna tell us yet

how you felt about the tour?

Today?

Mr. Tushman

went out of his way

to tell me how sweet

those kids were

and that Julian

is apparently quite the dream.

(SIGHS) No.

Is he one of those kids

that acts one way

in front of grownups

and then another way

in front of kids?

Yeah, I guess.

Well I know it's hard,

but you have

to understand that

he probably feels badly

about himself.

And when someone acts small,

you just have to be

the bigger person, all right?

Right.

Via, I'll get the pizza.

(WHISPERS) Look at me, Auggie.

That kid sounds like

a real jerk.

If someone pushes you,

push back.

Don't be afraid of anyone.

(WHISPERS)

Why are we whispering?

Because I'm afraid of Mom.

You just gotta be

a bigger person

and rise above it.

It's that easy.

Auggie, I do believe

that this is the best year

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