Gary D. Schmidt was awarded a Newbery Honor in 2008 for The Wednesday Wars, the story of seventh grader Holling Hoodhood from suburban Long Island in 1967 who is stuck spending his Wednesday afternoons with his teacher Mrs. Baker… who is clearly trying to kill him with Shakespeare. As time rolls on, Shakespeare starts to grow on Holling, and even when he’s not playing the yellow-tighted role of … role of the fairy Ariel, he can’t help but hurl the occasional Elizabethan insult. Laugh-out-loud scenes involving overfed escaped classroom rats and chalk-dusted cream puffs mix seamlessly with more poignant moments, some related to the Vietnam War. Holling is courageous, funny, and unique… and readers will love seeing him evolve beyond the expectations of others to become his own fabulous self.
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The Wednesday Wars is set during the school year of 1967-1968. The protagonist is 7th grader Holling Hoodhood, the only Presbyterian in his class. Every Wednesday, half the class goes off for Hebrew instruction and the other half goes off for Catholic instruction. Holling is left in his teacher’s care. If not for him, Mrs. Baker would have …
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From time to time I encounter children’s books or books for young adults that prove to be enduring And powerful reminders of important things about life. “Wednesday Wars” and the follow up which is called “I’m OK for now”, Both deserve a Place in the libraries of those who treasure books like this.
This is one of my all-time favorites. The Wednesday Wars is so witty and unique, and if you can put it down, you are quite a person. The characters are so real and relatable even though it’s based in the 1960s. I would totally recommend. <3
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Boring
One I recommend when I know the reader isn’t all that interested. They usually end up enjoying this one.
I read this book because it was “one of the good ones” suggested by an author at a children’s lit fest session I attended in the spring. I had never heard of it and didn’t know a thing about it, which is how I like to go into a book, just BLIND but ready. So I learned a lot about Shakespeare because I have never read his plays, and probably …