Via says, "August is the Sun. Me and Mom and Dad are
planets orbiting the sun. The rest of our family and friends
are asteroids and comets floating around the planets
orbiting the sun." What does she mean? Why is Auggie the
one in the middle? Why is everyone else moving around
him?
planets orbiting the sun. The rest of our family and friends
are asteroids and comets floating around the planets
orbiting the sun." What does she mean? Why is Auggie the
one in the middle? Why is everyone else moving around
him?
In the last section, Auggie said he sometimes hears people
call him E. T. Now Via confirms it. She says that she and
her friends used to dress Auggie up in feather boas and big
hats and a Hannah Montana wig. There's a scene in the
movie where E. T. gets dressed up by a little girl, and Via
says Auggie is a dead ringer for E. T. in that scene.
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Out of the three friends - Via, Ella, and Miranda - Miranda
was always the sweetest to Auggie. She included him in the
things they were doing or she would talk to him about stuff
was always the sweetest to Auggie. She included him in the
things they were doing or she would talk to him about stuff
he liked, things like Boneor Avatar or Star Wars. We'll
skip the Star Wars image, but here
skip the Star Wars image, but here
is an image of Bone and Avatar.
Via is reading War and Peace, a classic novel written by Leo
Tolstoy in 1869. To some people, it is best known for its
size. According to Wikipedia, it is the seventeenth longest
Tolstoy in 1869. To some people, it is best known for its
size. According to Wikipedia, it is the seventeenth longest
novel ever written.
When Via says she wants to take the subway home, her
mom asks if she even has a MetroCard. A MetroCard looks
like a credit card but it is used to pay tolls on the subway in
mom asks if she even has a MetroCard. A MetroCard looks
like a credit card but it is used to pay tolls on the subway in
New York City. Passengers run their MetroCard through a
card reader to make a payment.Via tells how she looked at
all kinds of pictures of here relatives from both sides of her
familyto see if anyone, anywhere ever looked anything like
Auggie. She says her Dad's side of the family comes from
Russia and Poland and her Mom's side of the family is from
Brazil.
card reader to make a payment.Via tells how she looked at
all kinds of pictures of here relatives from both sides of her
familyto see if anyone, anywhere ever looked anything like
Auggie. She says her Dad's side of the family comes from
Russia and Poland and her Mom's side of the family is from
Brazil.
Doctors say August has a "previously unknown type of
mandibulofacial dysostosis caused by an autosomal
recessive mutation in the TCOF1 gene, which is located on
chromosome 5, complicated by a hemifacial microsomia
characteristic of OAV spectum." That is waaaay too
mandibulofacial dysostosis caused by an autosomal
recessive mutation in the TCOF1 gene, which is located on
chromosome 5, complicated by a hemifacial microsomia
characteristic of OAV spectum." That is waaaay too
complicated for me. However, Via explains that Punnett
Squares are used by doctors to show the chances that a
child will have a certain characteristic. This is much easier
to show. Here's an example:
Squares are used by doctors to show the chances that a
child will have a certain characteristic. This is much easier
to show. Here's an example:
And finally, on Halloween Via and her mom were going to
sit down and watch The Ghost and Mrs. Muir together, one
of their all-time favorite black-and-white movies.Does this
look like one of the greatest black-and-white movies of all
time? Here's the trailer, you decide:
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