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| Original Title: | The Wednesday Wars |
| ISBN: | 0618724834 (ISBN13: 9780618724833) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | United States of America New York State(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | Newbery Medal Nominee (2008), Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award Nominee (2009), California Young Readers Medal Nominee for Middle School/Junior High (2010), Judy Lopez Memorial Award for Children's Literature (2008), Society of Midland Authors Award for Children's Fiction (2008) Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award Nominee (2010) |
Gary D. Schmidt
Hardcover | Pages: 264 pages Rating: 4.08 | 35067 Users | 5866 Reviews
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In this Newbery Honor-winning novel, Gary D. Schmidt offers an unforgettable antihero. The Wednesday Wars is a wonderfully witty and compelling story about a teenage boy’s mishaps and adventures over the course of the 1967–68 school year in Long Island, New York. Meet Holling Hoodhood, a seventh-grader at Camillo Junior High, who must spend Wednesday afternoons with his teacher, Mrs. Baker, while the rest of the class has religious instruction. Mrs. Baker doesn’t like Holling—he’s sure of it. Why else would she make him read the plays of William Shakespeare outside class? But everyone has bigger things to worry about, like Vietnam. His father wants Holling and his sister to be on their best behavior: the success of his business depends on it. But how can Holling stay out of trouble when he has so much to contend with? A bully demanding cream puffs; angry rats; and a baseball hero signing autographs the very same night Holling has to appear in a play in yellow tights! As fate sneaks up on him again and again, Holling finds Motivation—the Big M—in the most unexpected places and musters up the courage to embrace his destiny, in spite of himself.
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| Title | : | The Wednesday Wars |
| Author | : | Gary D. Schmidt |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 264 pages |
| Published | : | May 21st 2007 by Clarion Books |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Young Adult. Fiction. Childrens. Middle Grade. Realistic Fiction |
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Ratings: 4.08 From 35067 Users | 5866 ReviewsRate Regarding Books The Wednesday Wars
If I had the option to give 6 stars to The Wednesday Wars, I'd do it. I giggled out loud at least 30 times on the bus *and* the train, earning myself a certain public transit notoriety as That Annoying Lady With The Book. And most people didn't even notice me getting teary during the poignant parts. Of course I'd heard glowing reviews of this book, but I didn't love Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy, so I was skeptical. But no longer. Gary Schmidt, please write more! It's 1967-68, andI suppose so. This perspective does shed new light on the book I haven't seen before. Thanks
Audiobook rating: ★★★★★Book rating: ★★★★★ J U S T S W E L L Oh I am so going to miss you let me tell you about your life to me, Holling!!I never thought being in seven grade would mean so many death threatsWritten so convincingly youthful and full of hearts and humor.Holling Hoodhoods journey into seven grade is peppered with misadventures, extremely good luck, self discovery and even Shakespeare. So hilarious and sarcastic and really heartfelt.► I listened to the audiobook and oh my lord, I
At first I thought this book was too young for me. The protagonist is a 7th grader, an age I am far past. It was a bit slow at first and my initial conclusion was: This would be great book for a middle school boy, especially one you want to get interested in Shakespeare, but not so great for the general reader.And then I kept reading and realized that this was a brilliant, touching and funny book. Schmidt is excellent at making believable, nuanced characters--not something I often see at books
Oh it's the season to read the books we adults want children to read, and in actual fact they have no interest in doing so. Wednesday Wars sadly falls into that catagory. It's 1968, and Holling Hoodhood is stuck with his teacher every Wednesday afternoon when the rest of his class attends religious education classes that their respective places of worship. Holling learns to love Shakespeare, and how to run a good race, and he learns to understand his teacher, Mrs. Baker, and to love his older
In the year of 1967, Holling HoodHood is entering the seventh grade and notices that his English teacher Mrs. Baker hates him. She tries her best to make his life miserable, but with his Dad's Architect firm HoodHood and Associates vying to get the contract for her family's Sporting goods store, all Holling can do is grin and bear it even when she tortures him with Shakespeare. Will he survive? Read on and find out for yourself.This was a pretty good audiobook that I borrowed from my local
Holling Hoodhoods got a problem. Its 1967, and hes just started seventh grade at Camillo Junior High, and his teacher, Mrs. Baker, hates his guts. Every Wednesday afternoon, half of the kids in Hollings class go to Hebrew school and the other half go to St. Adelberts for catechism. And Holling, as the only Presbyterian in the class, stays behind with Mrs. Baker.And Mrs. Baker makes him read Shakespeare. Outside of class.What follows is a year in Hollings life, a year of Wednesdays with Mrs.
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