This was always august favorite holiday

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favorite holiday was always Halloween. He loved Halloween because it was the one day a year when
he could take the opportunity o be someone else, if only for one day. Auggie loved pretending
that he was someone else, and when he was younger he used to wear an astronaut helmet
everywhere. This allowed him to hide what made other people stare at him and imagine that he was
living a different life. He couldn't wear the astronaut helmet after an eye surgery, and then he
lost it (or thinks he did), and he adjusted to life without it, but Halloween remained his
favorite holiday.

That seems to change on the holiday he experiences at his
new school. Auggie had planned on dressing up as Boba Fett for school and the Halloween parade,
but when Halloween morning arrives, he is unable to put on his Boba Fett costume. It requires
the help of an adult, and Auggie's dad is busy with Via. In the interest of time, Auggie chooses
to wear his Bleeding Scream costume instead. He wears it to school and nobody recognizes him.
Unfortunately, Auggie overhearsmaking fun of him to , because Jack has been expecting Auggie to
come to school as Boba Fett. He has no idea that it is Auggie under the Bleeding Scream costume.
This very nearly ruins Auggie's Halloween. After school he is devastated and crying and has
decided that he won't go to the Halloween parade. Via is able to soothe him and convince him to
dress up as Boba Fett and go with her to the parade.