In a story, the climax is the moment of greatest emotional intensity. In Wonder, the climax occurs during movie night at Beecher Prep's nature retreat. At some point during the evening, Jack and Auggie go to the restroom. When they come out, they're immediately confronted by a gang of...
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thugs, who start verbally abusing Auggie; one of the thugs even throws a firecracker at him and Jack.
It's a pretty hairy situation for the two boys, to say the least. Fortunately for them, the cavalry arrives just in the nick of time in the shape of Amos, Miles, and Henry, fellow students of Jack and Auggie's at Beecher Prep. Although these boys have spent the entire term treating Auggie like a freak, they don't hesitate to swing into action and defend him and Jack from the thugs surrounding them. Soon there's a big fight between the two groups of boys, which results in the thugs being sent packing.
Something major's just happened. The very same boys who'd previously shunned Auggie now accept him as one of their own. For so long, Auggie had struggled to find acceptance at school, but now he feels, for the first time, that he truly belongs at Beecher Prep.