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The Wednesday Wars
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Gary D. Schmidt offers an unforgettable antihero in THE WEDNESDAY WARS—a wonderfully witty and compelling novel about a teenage boy’s mishaps and adventures over the course of the 1967–68 school year.
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.
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.
DESCRIPTION:
Binding: Hardcover
EAN: 9780618724833
ISBN: 0618724834
Label: Clarion Books
Manufacturer: Clarion Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 272
Publication Date: 2007-05-21
Publisher: Clarion Books
Reading Level: Young Adult
Studio: Clarion Books
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Summary: Definately Chrysanthemum
Comment: I'm a 51 year old woman and I think this is one of the best books I've ever read. Thats saying alot! I'm buying it for my dad for Father's Day.
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Summary: the wednesday wars
Comment: i really liked the book. it was so funny which i loved but it delt with things that a seventh grader would be going through. all the characters were well thought out. it was such a good story i was sad when it ended. i loved it begennin to middle to end so if i were you id read it.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Good Overall
Comment: I think that Gary Schmidt did very well in his book: The Wednesday Wars. The book is about a boy, who's teacher apparently "hates his guts". He is presbyterian, and so, has to spend his Wednesday afternoons with her instead of at a church or temple. Along with many funny happenings during these lessons, the boy reads Shakespeare's play's. Gary Schmidt teaches the reader about the plays in a comical attitude. However, the one thing that struck me as funny, and probably the most easily comically portrayed scene in Shakespeare's "Macbeth", has eluded Schmidt's book. In Act I Scene V of "Macbeth", Lady Macbeth "Unsexed herself". I think this, along with other parts in the plays, shouldn't have been overlooked, but I still think that it is a wonderful read.
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Summary: Sidney from Lake Tapps says this is the best book ever
Comment: WEDNESDAY WARS
Have you ever had a teacher who you thought hated your guts? Well, in Wednesday Wars Holling HoodHood thinks his teacher does. Gary D. Schmidt the author will keep you wanting to read and read with his wonderful descriptions and wonderful chapters of fun and interesting things happening in the classroom of Mrs. Baker. Along the way Holling runs into some gooey situations and some love problems.
In Wednesday Wars Holling is a Presbyterian and every Wednesday everyone goes either to St. Adelburts or Temple Beth-El. But Holling has to stay in the class with Mrs. Baker who supposedly hates his guts. Mrs. Baker makes Holling read Shakespeare with her in the classroom instead of making Holling sit there all afternoon and do nothing. At first Holling isn't so sure about it but he starts to get into it and all these things start happening to him because of the book. The book leads Holling into being a fairy named Ariel with yellow tights and feathers on the butt. Then, he gets drawn into being Romeo in Rome and Juliet and Meryl Lee Kawolski a girl in Holling's class is Juliet. Then they start dating and that gets Hollings dad Mr. HoodHood of HoodHood and Associates presentation for the model of the new middle school sabotaged. Then they make up and they are all happy in the end and something huge happens that makes everyone happy.
My favorite part of the book is when Holling got surprised by Mrs. Baker bringing cream puffs after the rats ate the ones Holling brought in and then the rats ran away. I thought this was nice of Mrs. Baker because it showed Holling that Mrs. Baker might not hate his guts after all. I liked this part because the author adding something little to the book that made a big difference.
I would like this book to become a movie because I want to see what the educators and the school as well as the supreme white fluffy cream puffs. All the details the author put into the book would make an amazing motion picture.
I recommend this book to readers ages 9 and up. Anybody who likes fiction, comedy, some adventure and school subjects since this book takes place mainly at a school. Even if you like theater this could be the book for you. With Romeo and Juliet and Holling in yellow tights with feathers, this could be the book for you! It was a great book for me!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Perfect, Perfect Book
Comment: Wonderful book. Laugh out loud funny to stopping to sob out loud. Great details, great characters... you will fall in love with Mr. Hoodhood and Mrs. Baker.
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