Read the excerpt from Wonder by R. J. Palacio. It's funny: even though Christopher's the one who moved far away, I still see him more than I see Zachary and Alex. They have all these new friends now. If we bump into each other on the street, they're still nice to me, though. They always say hello.

R. J. Palacio helps readers understand Zachary’s and Alex's feelings toward August by revealing their

martians or other types of aliens represent a unique fear as opposed to zombies. vampires and other types of monsters.   in most sci-fi stories, aliens come from other worlds and have different or more advanced technology.   abductions and experimentation on human bodies that involve these technologies, or the use of these technologies against human beings and the use of unknown "powers", are a type of fear that's different from that of other types of monsters.  

lol

today at the bank, an old lady asked me to check her balance. so i pushed her over.

because she needs money