I have to admit, Summer is one brave girl. To be honest, I don’t know if I would have
been able to do what she did on the first day of school. Summer first appears
in Augusts’ part one when she randomly sat with him at lunch on the first day
of school. She didn’t let the superficial judgment of the other girls or kids
stop her. I have to admit I smiled pretty big when I read this part. I was so
happy he didn’t have to sit by himself. Summer sat with him the first day of
school because she felt sorry for him, but after that day she didn’t sit with
him again because she felt sorry for him. But she went back every single day
and sat with him because he was fun. She liked being his friend, she liked his
company. Summer is the definition of a true friend.
“You’re a saint, Summer,” Ximena Chin said to me the
other day. “I couldn't do what you’re doing.”(pg 119)
Summer was invited to Savanna’s party, a popular girl
from school. Summer, being super excited, realized when she got there they really
only wanted to coax her out of being friends with August. “you would be a lot
more popular if you didn’t hang out with him so much” these girls tried to change
who she was. Summer stood her ground beside August even though he wasn’t there.
She never bad mouthed him, she was the bigger person. Summer is August’s first
true friend. She wasn’t asked by Mr.
Tushman to befriend him or even go out of her way to be nice to him, she did it
out of the goodness of her own heart. She wanted to be his friend. Ultimately, I
believe Summer befriending him is what helps him get through his first few
months of school.
Even when everyone else in the school was playing the
game “The Plague” and talking down about August, Summer stood by August’s side
from the first day of school.
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