Wonderstruck

A security guard yells at Ben, but he can’t understand why. He tries to reassure the man by insisting his parents are in another room. After the guard leaves, Ben finds a note. It says, “What’s inside the box?” (358). He realizes suddenly his museum box is missing. He follows a map hand-drawn on the note and finds himself face-to-face with a wolf: “Beneath the blue light of an unseen moon, two wolves were running across a snowy landscape, heading right for Ben […] It was as if someone had cut out the dream from his brain and put it behind glass” (359). The diorama is of Gunflint Lake.

A security guard scolds Rose sends her away from the meteorite display. She flees, startled and scared.

Ben is so startled by the wolves that he falls backward. The curly-haired boy helps him up and offers him his museum box, smiling. Ben is confused and asks how he chose the wolf display. The boy points to the wolf engraving on the museum box lid. After some confusion, the boy realizes Ben is deaf. He introduces himself on paper as Jamie. Ben explains that he was hit by