August is a boy with a craniofacial anomaly. He has a "different" face. Because of this, he was homeschooled by his mom. But his mom decided that she couldn’t teach Auggie much more, so she enrolled him into Beecher Prep Middle School. At school, Auggie meets lots of new people there including, Jack Will, Julian, and Charlotte. Jack Will becomes his best friend. Julian becomes a hater. Charlotte becomes a distant friend to Auggie. Julian starts doing really mean things to Jack and Auggie. This book explores how Auggie goes through his first year in school. I found that Auggie is a really special character in this story and bend people's hearts towards him. He is just a really likable character along with Jack. Totally would recommend this book to others.

Marcus Vega is really big for his age. His brother has Down Syndrome. Marcus is collecting money off of his principal’s rules. His family doesn’t have a lot of money and it is just him, his mom, and his brother Charlie. After Marcus punches a boy for calling his brother a retard, his mom decides that it is time to take a break with her family. They go to Puerto Rico to see all of his family there, but what Marcus is interested in is finding his father. I love the diversity of this book and the fact that the book is based on the author's own experiences. Everyone should read this book because it is spectacular in many ways.

Raina is a girl who is in 5th grade and worries a lot. She has bad digestive problems because of this. She is afraid of the word vomit and vomiting itself. There is a girl who gives her a lot of trouble and this only adds to her worries making her stomach problems worse. Finally, her parents think it is time to give her therapeutic help and they take her to a therapist who tries to talk to her about her feelings, but Raina won't say anything. After a few weeks, she finally tells her therapist how she is afraid of vomit and how that girl is making fun of her. Her therapist urges her to try to calm herself down by taking deep breaths and to try different foods and to see what foods agree with her and which ones don’t. She then conquers the other challenges in her life and even makes friends with that mean girl. I found this book really showed exactly what Raina was feeling at that moment. This book is also really unique because you don't find nonfiction books that are also comics. No wonder this book is really popular!