A review by 13iscute
The Julian Chapter by R.J. Palacio

2.0

This is a long story from the point of view of Julian, the worst bully in the novel "Wonder". At 85-pages, I think it is longer than any of the other characters' perspectives in the novel, except for Auggie's himself. It is separate from the Wonder book, because it focuses on Julian's story, first tying it into the action of Wonder, but then branching out into a separate story of Julian's grandmother, a Jew in France during WWII who was saved by her crippled neighbor, who she had bullied in school. The story seemed very heavy-handed. It was an attempt to redeem Julian, but I wasn't convinced that a 10-year-old listening to his grandmother's story could have such a great shift in perspective so clearly and quickly.