August hasn't had hordes of friends over the course of his life, but he's well-liked by the friends he does have, and warmly loved by his family. So he's not lonely, per se, but he is pretty socially isolated. What isolates August?
Ten year-old August Pullman doesn't look like the rest of us. He was born with a craniofacial abnormality so radical that his face causes the first person who ever sees him to faint; elicits audible noises of surprise from people; makes kids on the playground scream and run away; and, well, looks like it could be a Halloween mask.
From a 5th Grade Perspective...