Miranda: Miranda Navas and Auggie’s sister, Via, have known each other since first grade, so she’s known Auggie since he was a baby. She’s and Auggie used to sing Space Oddity by David Bowie together all the time because of the astronaut helmet that Auggie liked to wear. Her parents got divorced the summer before high school started, and she and Via are not as close as they used to be. Justin: Justin is Via’s boyfriend. He plays the fiddle in a zydeco band, which plays Creole music from Louisiana (but Justin is from Brooklyn). His parents are divorced, and he has an older half-brother, but they’re not very close. He loves the closeness of the Pullman family. Julian: Julian Albans is one of Auggie’s biggest obstacles at Beecher Prep. He’s rude to Auggie and makes other kids feel like they have to be, too. He’s an only child, and his popularity at school is really important to him, which is part of why he was so mean to Auggie. After spending the summer with his Grandmere in Paris, he feels badly for how he treated Auggie during the school year. He apologizes, and decides to enroll in a new school for sixth grade for a fresh start. Hope this helped!