After our class read “Only One You” by Linda Kranz I thought that the book was talking about you do not always have to conform and sometimes you should be a non-conformist. This means that if your friend group is being mean to another kid you can defend that kid or play with him/her even if that is not what your friends are doing. I think that one of the ideas of this book about how you do not have to follow the crowd is kind of like Wonder where Summer went over to eat with Auggie when no one else would. She was being a non-conformist.

Another key point was sustainability and how you should leave the world better than how it was before you came to it. Kind of like how the   Native Americans used every single part of the animals they killed, they did not even waste the guts of the kill. This ties in with the book because it was talking about how you should appreciate the stars and find beauty everywhere.

Another thing I noticed in the book that on the last page of the book it says make it a better place and that is what it says in Michael Jackson’s song “Heal The World”.

The last thing I noticed is that the Quote  “Don’t fit in if you were born to stand out”, I think this kind of ties in with the whole non-conformity idea. It also ties in with the book because it says at one part  “Stand out when you have the chance”.