Auggie and Jack Will get an A for their Spud Lamp. Auggie mentions that the science fair is similar to the Egyptian Museum Day event, except that the parents walk around looking at all the projects. This means that “[all] those eyes are like compasses, and I’m like the North Pole to them” (206). Auggie doesn’t mind events with parents, but he dislikes the ones where he feels like he’s on display, such as one where they had to sing. Auggie’s parents now hang out with Jack Will’s parents, which Auggie finds interesting, especially because he notes how Julian’s parents hang out with both Miles’s and Henry’s parents, giving credence to his mom’s earlier assessment of apples not falling far from trees.

The war between most of the boys and Jack Will is at its worst in February. Julian, Henry, and Miles put mean notes in Jack Will’s and Auggie’s lockers, and vice versa. Though the girls are largely neutral, everyone is pretty much sick of the animosity by March. When Julian takes Jack Will’s backpack and puts pencil shavings in it, for instance, Amos, who’s one of Julian’s friends, defends Jack Will.