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The author of the Little White Bird is J. M. Barrie.  He is a Scottish novelist and playwright who is most famous for writing Peter Pan. This book was originally published in 1902.

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The significance of this book is the message of 'pay it forward'. This means that you should always be a little bit kinder when you have the opportunity. People should know this because if you live your life this way you will have a positive outlook on life and make others a little bit happier.

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This reference came from the First Letter of John 5:4 in The Bible. God guided John to write letters to the churches he led, so the people could learn the correct teachings of Christ. This was to help correct the false teachings they listened to.

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The significance of this reference is that it will remind people to have faith in God during hard times. It also is significant, because it is God's words and we always need him to help us through our daily lives.

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The relevance of the Bible verse  in Wonder, comes right after Auggie is born. The nurse was trying to comfort Mrs. Pullman after she was told Auggie may not live through the night. The nurse was telling her to have faith. I also think that the relevance to Wonder is that people at school and around town bullied him and he had to just believe in God and trust that he would make his life better.

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The background of this Henry Ward Beecher quote is that he was an American Congregationalist clergyman, reformer, speaker. He was known for trying to abolish slavery. He had a Divinity Degree from Lane's Theological Seminary. As a child he had a hard time in school and a problem with stuttering.

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The significance of this quote is that if people were to live by these words, they would focus on being more accepting of people not being the same. Don't judge a book by it's cover.

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The relevance of this man's quote to the book Wonder is that he is a person who tried to end slavery because he thought it was not right to act like a man was different just because of his color or appearance ... just like Aggie.

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Christina Aguilera is an American singer/songwriter.  Beautiful is the name of one of her hit songs.  Stripped is the name of the Album that this song is on and was released on November 16, 2002.  This song is about Christina's way of overcoming negative comments from others.  Her message is about inner beauty and self-empowerment.

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This song is important for people to know because of its positive message for people who are feeling bad about themselves due to what people say. It reminds them of their inner beauty and inner strength. This song won a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and was nominated for Song of the Year in 2004.

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The relevance of the song Beautiful to the book Wonder, is that Summer is saying that she is going to be Auggie's friend no matter what the other students say about him.

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Palacio, R.J. Wonder. New York City: Alfred A. Knopf, 2012. Print.

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Cornerstone Bible Publishers.  The Master Study Bible. Nashville, Tennessee:  Cornerstone Bible Publishers, 2001. Print.

Palacio, R.J. Wonder. New York City: Alfred A. Knopf, 2012. Print.

Pastor Mairos.  The Financial Gazette, "Faith overcomes the world."  September 5, 2015. <financialgazette.co.zw>

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Palacio, R.J. Wonder. New York City: Alfred A. Knopf, 2012. Print.

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In the book Wonder, Mr. Tushman quoted from this book as he spoke about being kinder than necessary and choosing kindness prior to giving Auggie the Henry Ward Beacher Award at school.

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The author of the book Under the Eye of the Clock was Christopher Nolan.  He was born with cerebral palsy and he could only move his head and eyes.  He was an award wining author and Irish poet.  His first book was published when he was fifteen years old.

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The significance of the author's message to pop culture is to change the world by one kind act at a time.

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The relevance of the book Under the Eye of the Clock to Wonder comes from Mr. Tushman's award speech to the student about the simple things you can do to show kindness to others. He was trying to say that the world would be a better place if everyone acted just a little kinder so that "someone, somewhere, someday may see the face of God."

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Palacio, R.J. Wonder. New York City: Alfred A. Knopf, 2012. Print.

Wikipedia. "Little White Bird." January 2018. <en.m.wikipedia.org>

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Mr. Wilhorn. "Mr. W. Reads." BlogSpot. March 22, 2012. <mrwreads.blogspot.com>

William Grimes. "Chrisopher Nolan, Irish Author, Dies at 43." New York Times. February 24, 2009.  <mobile.nytimes.com>