Vocabulary
So scared that you can't move.
What is petrified?
August can't have this because his ears are deformed and lower down on his face.
Why can't August have normal hearing aids?
He saw his dad cry.
What did August see for the first time?
Miranda lied about having a deformed brother.
What did Miranda lie about at camp?
She is happy because she gets to go to Via's family dinner and she gets to see August.
Why is Miranda so happy?
An optional course of study.
What is an elective?
He has to say goodbye to her because she is sick.
Why does August have to say goodbye to Daisy.
He asked this because of the way he looked.
Why did August ask if people look the same in heaven?
Miranda has never met her mom's side.
What side of her family has Miranda never met?
Miranda was bittersweet because Via and Justin got a standing Ovation and she didn't
Why was Miranda bittersweet after the show?
causing unrestrained laughter
What is hysterical?
He has to say goodbye to Daisy.
Who does August have to say goodbye to?
She was so special to him because she didn't care about the way he looked.
Why was Daisy special to August?
He is angry with Miranda because she came out sick at the last second.
Why was Davenport mad at her?
August had never been to a sleep over because when he was little he always had to have medical stuff on him and when he was older he avoided it.
Why has August never been to a sleepover before?
Extremely brightly.
What is vividly?
They are mad at Via because she didn't tell them about this play her boyfriends in.
Why are Via's parents so mad at her.
An understudy is a person who studies the lines of a role for a play but is not in the play unless something happens to the main actor.
What is an understudy?
They stopped beings friends because Miranda changed and Via was kind of isolating herself.
Why did Via and Miranda stop being friends?
August is so nervous about the Nature retreat because he really hasn't slept away from home.
Why is August worried about the nature retreat?
Arrangement is a straight line
What is alignment?
Everything was the same when he got to school but he though people would make fun of him.
What happened at school compared to what he thought would happen?
Via bring home three tickets for her whole family.
Why does Via bring home three tickets?
He changes the play because Miranda says she has a deformed brother.
Why does Davenport change the play from Elephant man to our town?
August ask his mom for a new duffle. bag because he doesn't want to be known for liking star wars.
Why does August ask his mom for a new duffle bag?