Auggie overhears his parents discussing his upcoming enrollment at Beecher Prep during a visit to Christopher's house.

Auggie and his mother tour Beecher Prep, where he meets future classmates Jack Will, Julian, and Charlotte.

On the first day of school, Jack Will sits next to Auggie in homeroom when no one else will.

Mr. Browne gives the class his first precept: when given the choice between being right or being kind, choose kind.

Summer Dawson sits with Auggie at the lunch table when no one else will, beginning their friendship.

Students begin playing the Plague game, refusing to touch anything Auggie touches and treating him as untouchable.

Wearing a disguise on Halloween, Auggie overhears Jack Will telling Julian he would kill himself if he looked like Auggie.

Via convinces a heartbroken Auggie not to let bullies win and to return to school after the Halloween betrayal.

When Julian calls Auggie a freak in the science lab hallway, Jack Will punches Julian in the face.

Jack Will sends Auggie a text apologizing for Halloween, and the two promise to be real friends again.

During the fifth-grade nature retreat, a group of seventh graders surrounds and assaults Auggie and Jack Will in the woods.

Amos charges at the lead attacker, and he, Henry, and Miles help Auggie and Jack Will escape into the dark woods.

Word spreads about the retreat attack, and virtually the entire school rallies around Auggie, ending Julian's hold on the grade.

Mr. Tushman presents Auggie with the Henry Ward Beecher medal at graduation, honoring his courage, kindness, and character.

Auggie thanks his mother for making him go to school, and she calls him a wonder.

Auggie Pullman is a ten-year-old with a facial difference who has been homeschooled his whole life, and this pool follows his landmark first year at Beecher Prep middle school. He finds an unlikely friend in Jack Will and a warm companion in Summer Dawson, who sits with him at lunch when no one else will. A devastating Halloween betrayal by Jack Will sends Auggie into hiding, but his sister Via pushes him back into the fight. Jack Will redeems himself by punching the bully Julian, and the two boys rebuild their friendship. A violent confrontation with older students at the spring nature retreat unexpectedly unites the entire school behind Auggie. The year ends with Auggie receiving a special medal at graduation and his mother calling him a wonder.

Auggie's year at Beecher Prep from first day to graduation triumph.

Auggie's parents secretly meet with Mr. Tushman and arrange a fake IQ test to assess Auggie for school admission.

During the school tour, Julian asks Auggie if he was in a fire, causing Charlotte to call Julian rude.

In homeroom introductions, Julian asks Auggie about Darth Sidious, a Star Wars villain whose face is disfigured.

Auggie cuts off his Star Wars Padawan braid on his first night home from school, upsetting Via.

Auggie's birthday party at the bowling alley is a success, though Julian's family never responds to the invitation.

Summer slips out of Savanna's Halloween party after the popular kids make a cruel joke about Auggie.

At Egyptian Museum Day, Summer whispers Bleeding Scream to Jack Will, giving him a clue to why Auggie is angry.

Jack Will returns from winter break to find his former friends refusing to talk to him on Julian's orders.

Shunned by everyone else, Jack Will carries his lunch tray to Summer and Auggie's table and sits down.

Via researches her family genetics and discovers she carries the same gene that causes Auggie's condition.

Auggie fails his hearing test, receives hearing aids, and discovers he loves the clarity of sound once they are activated.

Via's school play secret is uncovered, sparking a heated argument between Via and her mother at the dinner table.

Daisy falls suddenly ill during the family argument and the Pullmans must say their goodbyes to her at the vet.

After the retreat, Broarwood Nature Reserve offers to pay for Auggie's replacement hearing aids, which Eddie had taken.

Mr. Tushman tells Auggie that Julian has been identified as a year-long bully and will not return to Beecher Prep.

This pool uncovers the behind-the-scenes moments that quietly shaped Auggie's first year at school. From the fake IQ test his parents arranged before he knew about Beecher Prep, to Julian's veiled Darth Sidious insult on the very first day, the events reveal how much Auggie faced from the start. Side characters like Summer take brave stands of their own, while Jack Will navigates total social isolation after standing up for Auggie. The pool also follows the emotional toll on Auggie's family, including Via's genetic discovery, the death of the family dog Daisy, and the secret school play that erupts into a family argument. By the end, the consequences of bullying catch up with Julian, who learns he will not be returning to Beecher Prep.

The hidden details and supporting events that shaped Auggie's school year.

Auggie's father warns on the drive home from Christopher's that sending Auggie to school would be like a lamb to the slaughter.

After the school tour, Auggie tells his mother he genuinely wants to attend Beecher Prep despite Julian's cruelty.

Jack Will changes his mind about welcoming Auggie after watching his young brother react to Auggie with fear and disgust.

In science class, Jack Will realizes Auggie was disguised as the Bleeding Scream on Halloween and overheard everything he said.

Julian throws a large holiday party and tells two hundred guests that Jack Will has emotional problems, turning the school against him.

Charlotte meets privately with Jack Will and reveals the full details of Julian's campaign to separate him from Auggie.

Maya leaves an Uglydoll keychain on Auggie's desk with a kind note, marking a clear shift in how classmates treat him.

Via confesses to Justin that she has not told her family about the school play because she fears Auggie being there.

On the morning of the nature retreat, Auggie sees a vision of Daisy in his room and feels calm and ready to go.

Auggie realizes he has lost his hearing aids while hiding in the dark woods and breaks down crying in front of the boys.

Auggie's father and Via arrive home from the retreat with a surprise: a new puppy the family names Bear.

After the retreat, older students begin greeting Auggie kindly, and Amos replaces Julian as the social leader of the grade.

Miranda secretly gives up her lead role in the school play at the last minute so Via can perform instead.

Auggie's father admits on the drive to graduation that he threw away the astronaut helmet to stop Auggie from hiding his face.

At the graduation reception, students and parents line up to take pictures with Auggie, celebrating him as one of their own.

This pool traces the pivotal moments of decision and discovery that changed the course of Auggie's year. It begins with his father's ominous warning about sending a lamb to the slaughter, and follows a chain of turning points: Jack Will's change of heart, his Halloween realization, Julian's holiday war campaign, and the slow thawing of the class's cruelty toward Auggie. The pool highlights deeply personal revelations, including Via's hidden shame about the school play and Auggie's comforting vision of Daisy on the morning of the retreat. After the retreat attack, the social world of Beecher Prep is permanently reshuffled, and a long-kept confession from Auggie's father about the astronaut helmet brings their journey full circle. The pool ends with Auggie's classmates and parents crowding around him at graduation, wanting nothing more than a picture with the boy they once turned away from.