WONDER by R.J. Palacio Reading Group Questions

Tafngil Io~as Xqdjgsman dw ^ma Donjaw Mafn* fi gbxtgi~ oe Tfinob Moqsa Cmgjntai‗s Doo`s* gi Bftcm 4864 fin dw Noqdjanfw* fi gbxtgi~ oe ^tfis|otjn Xqdjgsmats* gi Kqia 4864) Coxwtglm~ § T) K) Xfjfc Xfjfcgo* go* 4864

Tafngil Io~as ^ma s~otwjgia Bw ifba gs Fqlqs~) G |oi‗~ nasctgda |mf~ G joo` jg`a) \mf~auat woq‗ta ~mgi`gil* g~‗s  xtodfdjw |otsa) Fqlqs~ Xqjjbfi |fi~s ~o da fi otngiftw ~ai"waft"ojn) Ma noas otngiftw ~mgils) Ma af~s gca ctafb) Ma xjfws oi mgs ]do}) Ma eaajs otngiftw " gisgna) Dq~ Fqllga gs eft etob otngiftw) otngiftw) Otngiftw `gns noi‗~ bf`a o~mat otngiftw `gns tqi f|fw sctafbgil gi xjfwltoqins) Otngiftw `gns noi‗~ la~ s~ftan f~ |matauat ~maw lo) Doti |g~m f ~attgdja efcgfj fdiotbfjg~w* fdiotbfjg~w* Fqllga mfs daai moba"scmoojan dw mgs xftai~s mgs |moja jgea* gi fi f~~abx~ ~o xto~ac~ mgb etob ~ma ctqaj~w oe ~ma oq~sgna |otjn) Io| Io|** eot ~ma ts~ ~gba* ma‗s dagil sai~ ~o f tafj scmooj " fin ma‗s ntafngil g~) Fjj ma |fi~s gs ~o da fccax~an " dq~ cfi ma coiugica mgs ia| cjfssbf~as ~mf~ ma‗s kqs~ jg`a ~mab* qinatiaf~m g~ fjj? Ifttf~an dw Fqllga fin ~ma xaoxja ftoqin mgb |mosa jguas ma ~oqcmas eotauat* eotauat* \oinat gs fi eqiiw* eqiiw* etfi`* fs~oigsmgiljw bougil nadq~ ~o tafn gi oia sg~~gil* xfss oi ~o o~mats* fin tababdat joil fe~at ~ma ifj xfla)

^ma fq~mot T) K) XFJFCGO XFJFCGO gs f ltfxmgc l tfxmgc nasgliat dw nfw fin f |tg~at dw iglm~) Sma jguas gi Ia| Wot` Cg~w |g~m mat efbgjw fin f djfc` nol ifban Daft)

\mf~ ~ma ctg~gcs sfw ”^ma dtaf`oq~ xqdjgsmgil saisf~goi oe 4864 |gjj coba coqt~asw oe Xfjfcgo* f Ia| Wot` Wot` ltfxmgc nasgliat |mosa nadq~ iouaj* \oinat * gs nas~gian ~o lo ~ma |fw oe Bft` Mfnnoi‗s ^ajjgil ~ma s~otw oe  Cqtgoqs Gicgnai~ oe ~ma Nol gi ~ma Iglm~"~gba* fin ~mai soba) ^ajjgil Fqlqs~* f scmoojdow doti |g~m fi qisxacgan efcgfj naeotbg~w* naeotbg~w* g~ gs nft`* eqiiw* eqiiw* ~oqcmgil* fin io ~qda cfttgfla |gjj da |g~moq~ f coxw ~mgs waft‗ ^ma ^gbas

Coxwtglm~ § T)K) XFJFCGO 4866) Fjj tglm~s tasatuan) Io xft~ oe ~mgs xqdjgcf~goi bfw da taxtonqcan* s~otan gi f ta~tgaufj sws~ab* ~tfisbg~~an gi fiw eotb ot dw fiw bafis* ajac~toigc* bacmfigcfj* xmo~ocoxwgil* tacotngil ot o~mat|gsa* |g~moq~ ~ma xtgot |tg~~ai xatbgssgoi oe ~ma xqdjgsmat)

Vqas~gois eot woq ~o ~mgi` fdoq~ 6) Noi‗~ kqnla f dow dw mgs efca ․

\mf~ no woq ~mgi` oe ~ma jgia ”Noi‗~ kqnla f dow dw mgs efca‗ |mgcm fxxafts oi ~ma dfc` couat oe ~ma doo`?

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Ngn ~mgs feeac~ mo| bqcm woq |fi~an ~o tafn ~ma s~otw?

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Mo| bqcm ngn ~mgs jgia lgua f|fw fdoq~ ~ma s~otw woq |ata fdoq~ ~o tafn?

4) Fqllga‗s fxxaftfica ․

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^mtoqlmoq~ \oinat * Fqllga nasctgdas ~ma |fw ~mf~ bfiw xaoxja tafc~ ~o saagil mgs efca eot ~ma ts~ ~gba; dw gbbangf~ajw joo`gil f|fw) f|fw) Mfua woq auat daai gi f sg~qf~goi |mata woq mfua tasxoinan jg`a ~mgs ~o saagil sobaoia ngeeatai~? Mfugil io| tafn \oinat * mo| no woq eaaj fdoq~ ~mgs io|? Fqllga‗s efca gs io~ eqjjw nasctgdan qi~gj vqg~a eft oi gi ~ma s~otw* Fqllga‗s s~otw* gi Ugf‗s cmfx~at ”Fqlqs~; ^mtoqlm ~ma Xaaxmoja‗) Mo| cjosa |fs ~mgs nasctgx~goi ~o woqt o|i bai~fj xgc~qta oe Fqllga? Ngn woq mfua f xgc~qta oe mgs efca gi woqt bgin |mgja tafngil ~ma doo`? Ngn ~mgs nasctgx~goi fj~at ~mf~ xgc~qta?

3) Fqllga‗s xatsoifjg~ xatsoifjg~w w ․

Mo| |oqjn woq nasctgda Fqllga fs f xatsoi gi ~ma ts~ ea| cmfx~ats oe ~ma doo`? \mf~ fdoq~ ~ma ifj ea| cmfx~ats? Mfs ma cmfilan sgligcfi~jw? Fta ~mata fiw a}xatgaicas ot axgsonas nqtgil ~ma s~otw ~mf~ woq ~mgi` mfn f xft~gcqjft aeeac~ oi mgb? Ge so* mo|?

>) ^ma fs~toifq~ majba~ ․

Gi ~ma cmfx~at ”Cos~qbas‗ Fqllga nasctgdas ~ma fs~toifq~ majba~ ~mf~ ma |ota cois~fi~jw fs f woqilat cmgjn) \a jf~at jafti ~mf~ Bgtfinf |fs ~ma oia ~o lgua Fqllga ~ma majba~* fin gs xtoqn oe ~ma lge~* dq~ ~mf~ g~ |fs Fqllga‗s ef~mat |mo ~mta| g~ f|fw) f|fw) \mf~ no woq ~mgi` ~ma majba~ sgligas ~o afcm oe ~masa cmftfc~ats fin |mw no woq ~mgi` ~maw fjj uga| g~ so ngeeatai~jw?

1) S~ft \fts ․

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S~ft \fts gs oia oe Fqllga‗s xfssgois) \mw no woq ~mgi` ~mgs gs? No woq saa fiw tafsois eot Fqllga ~o gnai~gew |g~m ~masa cmftfc~ats* ot ~o fsxgta ~o da jg`a ~mab?

Coxwtglm~ § T)K) XFJFCGO 4866) Fjj tglm~s tasatuan) Io xft~ oe ~mgs xqdjgcf~goi bfw da taxtonqcan* s~otan gi f ta~tgaufj sws~ab* ~tfisbg~~an gi fiw eotb ot dw fiw bafis* ajac~toigc* bacmfigcfj* xmo~ocoxwgil* tacotngil ot o~mat|gsa* |g~moq~ ~ma xtgot |tg~~ai xatbgssgoi oe ~ma xqdjgsmat)

5) ^ma qsa oe mqboqt gi \oinat  ․

Fqllga‗s xftai~s dtgil Fqllga ftoqin ~o ~ma gnaf Fqllga‗s g naf oe f~~aingil scmooj dw ko`gil |g~m mgb fdoq~ Bt ^qsmbfi‗s ifba* fin ~ajjgil mgb fdoq~ ~magt ojn cojjala xtoeassot* Doddga Dq~~) ^o ^o |mf~ a}~ai~ gs mqboqt qsan fs f ~ooj ~mtoqlmoq~ ~mtoql moq~ \oinat ~o ngeeqsa ngecqj~ ot ~aisa sg~qf~gois* ot ~o coiuaw f xft~ oe ~ma s~otw ~mf~ |oqjn o~mat|gsa da naxtassgil ot sfn? Joo` f~ ~ma cmfx~at* ”Mo| G Cfba ^o Jgea‗)

<) Ugf ․

\mf~ ngn woq ~mgi` oe Ugf fs f cmftfc~at? Ngn woq abxf~mgsa |g~m mat?

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\mw no woq ~mgi` Ugf |fs so filtw ~o jafti ~mf~ Fqllga cq~ oee mgs Xfnf|fi dtfgn?

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No woq ~mgi` Ugf‗s o|i f~~g~qna ~o|ftns mat dto~mat cmfilas ~mtoqlmoq~ ~ma s~otw?

=) Bts Fjdfis ․

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Joo` f~ ~ma abfgjs da~|aai Bt ^qsmbfi* ^qsmbfi* Kqjgfi‗s xftai~s fin Kfc`‗s xftai~s gi ~ma cmfx~at ”Ja~~ats* Abfgjs* Efcadoo`* ^a}~s‗) ^a}~s‗) Qx ~o ~mgs xogi~ gi ~ma s~otw |a mfua saai mo| ~ma cmgjntai f~ Fqllga‗s Fqllga‗s scmooj mfua tafc~an ~o mgb) Gs Bts Fjdfis‗ f~~g~qna ~o|ftns Fqllga ngeeatai~? \mf~ no woq bf`a oe mat s~f~abai~ ~mf~ Fqllga gs mfingcfxxan? No woq ~mgi` sma gs cottac~ gi sfwgil ~mf~ fs`gil ”otngiftw‗ cmgjntai* sqcm fs Kqjgfi* ~o daetgain Fqllga xjfcas f dqtnai oi ~mab?

7) F~ ~ma gca ctafb xftjoqt ․

^ma fq~mot mfs a}xjfgian ~mf~ sma |fs gisxgtan ~o |tg~a \oinat fe~at fi a}xatgaica f~ f jocfj gca ctafb xftjoqt* xftjoqt* uatw sgbgjft ~o ~ma scaia nasctgdan gi ~ma cmfx~at ”Cftuaj‗* |mata Kfc` saas Fqllga eot ~ma ts~ ~gba) Gi ~mgs scaia* Kfc`‗s Kfc`‗s dfdwsg~~at Uatoigcf Uatoigcf cmoosas ~o la~ qx fin vqgc`jw |fj` Kfc` fin mgs jg~~ja jg~~j a dto~mat Kfbga f|fw etob Fqllga* tf~mat ~mfi tgs` Kfbga sfwgil soba~mgil tqna ot mqt~eqj) \mf~ no woq ~mgi` woq |oqjn mfua noia* ge xq~ gi ~mf~ xosg~goi?

Coxwtglm~ § T)K) XFJFCGO 4866) Fjj tglm~s tasatuan) Io xft~ oe ~mgs xqdjgcf~goi bfw da taxtonqcan* s~otan gi f ta~tgaufj sws~ab* ~tfisbg~~an gi fiw eotb ot dw fiw bafis* ajac~toigc* bacmfigcfj* xmo~ocoxwgil* tacotngil ot o~mat|gsa* |g~moq~ ~ma xtgot |tg~~ai xatbgssgoi oe ~ma xqdjgsmat)