Wonder #1
What did Via mean when she said that August was the Sun, her mom and dad are the planets and the rest of family and friends are asteroids and comets?
She was trying to say that everything revolved around August.
What made Via upset and stay home from school?
she was upset because it was round the time of the year that her grandmother died.
What was the name of Via's middle school?
PS 22
What book was Via reading that was such a big deal?
War and Peace
Where did Via's grandparents (on her father's side) move to after getting married?
Bayside
Which incident made Via see August the way others saw him?
When she first saw him after coming back from a vacation at her Grandmothers, and she hadn't seen him for a long time.
How does Via help August after he told her about what happened at school with Jack and the boys?
She listens and then takes him to a parade.
Via states how she, Miranda, and Ella would dress August up in feather boas, big hats, and Hannah Montana wigs. What was this referring to?
Drew Barrymore dressing E.T. in a blond wig
Where did Mr. Pullman come from?
Russia and Poland
What is the name of Via's grandfather (on her mother's side)?
Agosto
Why did Via lie to Miranda that her mom was picking her up after school?
She didn't want Miranda to take her home.
How did Via feel when she found out that Miranda called their house?
Surprised.
What is the name of Via's high school?
Faulkner High School
Where did Via's great-great-grandpa flee to from the pogroms?
New York City
Where do most of Mom's family live?
Alto Leblon, Rio
What did Via convince her parents to let her do?
To let her take the subway to school.
What was the name of Via's doll when she was little?
Lilly
What song would August and Miranda sing together?
Space Oddity by David Bowe
Where did Via's great-grandma flee to from the Nazis?
Argentina
Where did Via's grandparents (on her mother's side) move to?
Boston
How did Miranda and Ella change?
They changed their appearance and made new friends.
Where did Via stay with her grandmother?
Montauk
Where did August buy his Padawan beads?
Soho
Where did Via's grandparents (on her father's side) meet?
A dance on the Lower East Side of town
What city was Via born in?
New York City