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Via Pullman
Mom (Isabel Pullman) is Via and August's mom. Before she began homeschooling August she was a children's book illustrator, though August insists that her "boy" illustrations aren't that great. She's also not very good at teaching August about fractions. She's a worrier, which is balanced out some by Dad's joking nature. Though she spearheads August starting school, she becomes very worried after she and August attend the meeting with Mr. Tushman, Charlotte, Jack, and Julian. The mean things that Julian says to August make Mom rethink the entire thing. For the rest of the novel, she's unwilling to fully trust that August is actually enjoying school. She's the main recipient of August's angst, primarily because she's so protective and is home with him more than Dad is. Because Mom focuses much of her attention on August, Via feels as though Mom neglects her. Despite this, Mom and Via do share a special bond because they were both very close to Mom's mom, Grans. They both struggle around Halloween, which is when Grans died. When Mom encounters kids or adults who are mean or rude to August, she reacts quietly, calmly, and often chooses to simply remove herself and August from the situation. Even as Mom tries to protect and shelter August, she also recognizes that she needs to allow him to grow up. She does things like buy him a plain duffel bag so he won't get teased for his Star Wars one on the class camping trip, and by the end of the novel, she's willing to allow August to lead conversations about things that happen to him and tries hard not to push him for information.
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Via: A Tour of the Galaxy
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After you've seen someone else going through that, it feels kind of crazy to complain over not getting the toy you had asked for, or your mom missing a school play. I knew this even when I was six years old.
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Via: An Apparition at the Door
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I wonder how many nights she's stood outside his door. And I wonder if she's ever stood outside my door like that.
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August: My Cave
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"Auggie!" Mom yelled. "That's not true!"
"Stop lying to me, Mom!" I shrieked. "Stop treating me like a baby! I'm not retarded! I know what's going on!"
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I don't even know how I got so mad. I wasn't really mad at the beginning of dinner. I wasn't even sad. But then all of a sudden it all kind of just exploded out of me. I knew Via didn't want me to go to her stupid play. And I knew why.
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August: Daisy's Toys
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So I went to my bed and put on my pajamas without anyone telling me to and put the night-light on and turned the light off and crawled into the little mountain of stuffed animals I had left on my bed earlier.
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August: Home (2)
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"There are always going to be jerks in the world, Auggie," she said, looking at me. "But I really believe, and Daddy really believes, that there are more good people on this earth than bad people, and the good people watch out for each other and take care of each other. Just like Jack was there for you. And Amos. And those other kids."
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Mom Quotes in Wonder
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Via: A Tour of the Galaxy
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After you've seen someone else going through that, it feels kind of crazy to complain over not getting the toy you had asked for, or your mom missing a school play. I knew this even when I was six years old.
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Via: An Apparition at the Door
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I wonder how many nights she's stood outside his door. And I wonder if she's ever stood outside my door like that.
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August: My Cave
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"Auggie!" Mom yelled. "That's not true!"
"Stop lying to me, Mom!" I shrieked. "Stop treating me like a baby! I'm not retarded! I know what's going on!"
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I don't even know how I got so mad. I wasn't really mad at the beginning of dinner. I wasn't even sad. But then all of a sudden it all kind of just exploded out of me. I knew Via didn't want me to go to her stupid play. And I knew why.
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August: Daisy's Toys
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So I went to my bed and put on my pajamas without anyone telling me to and put the night-light on and turned the light off and crawled into the little mountain of stuffed animals I had left on my bed earlier.
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August: Home (2)
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"There are always going to be jerks in the world, Auggie," she said, looking at me. "But I really believe, and Daddy really believes, that there are more good people on this earth than bad people, and the good people watch out for each other and take care of each other. Just like Jack was there for you. And Amos. And those other kids."
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