One to Ten
- One to ten is a scale Auggie would use after surgery to let his mom know how much pain he was in, and it has become their standard tool for describing how much any regular thing hurts. His mom asks him about his first day of school using this scale.
- Auggie reports a five, which his mother takes to be very good news.
- He decides that the obnoxious Darth Sidious comment is so far in the past that it doesn't even warrant a mention.
- Summer says bye to August as they are leaving, which makes his mom fizz with a million questions.
- Auggie deftly glosses over specifics, giving his mom minimal info—his mom is so amazed by Auggie having somehow made a friend that he feels kind of annoyed with her.
- Auggie tells his mom his friendship with Summer is "kind of like Beauty and the Beast" (1.One to Ten.37), but he doesn't stick around to hear her reaction.