Floating
- As the crowd goes wild, Auggie is in a happy, dreamlike state. He gets the standing ovation he once fantasized about.
- Standing there, he has two thoughts back-to-back.
- One is that he isn't sure why he is getting the medal.
- The second is that he totally knows why.
- He's getting a medal for being himself. And for getting through fifth grade. "And that's not easy, even if you're not me" (8.Floating.10), he says.