false 556136 9 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.<BR><BR>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. 2586820 21 5 2007 The Wednesday Wars total:2285|5:1008|4:903|3:302|2:58|1:14| 2285 9688 3511 854 5 7 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 11 14:52:10 -0800 2008 Mon Jul 20 07:44:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 3 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Sep 28 08:53:04 -0700 2007 Wed Jan 02 09:28:50 -0800 2008 It's 1968, and Holling Hoodhood is stuck with his teacher every Wednesday afternoon when the rest of his class attends re...more...]]> 5 4 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 15 04:57:48 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 23 09:08:51 -0800 2007
First, it takes place on Long Island, which I didn't even know when I ordered it for the library. So, sure I got an extra chuckle out of Schmidt's description of LI in November than the reader from, say, Nebraska will. But still...more...]]> 5 2 false false Thu Jan 31 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 26 11:48:35 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 31 19:24:16 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 2 false false Mon Jan 14 07:34:38 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 09 07:58:21 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 13 13:26:19 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 20 20:50:29 -0700 2007
Holling Hoodhood has many things on his mind. The U.S. is at war with Vietnam. His older sister has painted a flower on her face. His father is trying to run the town’s other architect out of business. And Hollin...more...]]> 5 2 false false Sat Apr 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 12 17:45:24 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 26 12:01:45 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Mon Nov 05 20:35:28 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 09 14:10:39 -0800 2007 more...]]> 2 1 false false Wed Feb 25 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 18:39:53 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 27 05:11:05 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Sun Feb 17 15:04:38 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 30 20:12:20 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Nov 26 15:53:14 -0800 2007 Mon Nov 26 15:56:16 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Sep 22 08:14:38 -0700 2007 Sun Jan 20 05:28:48 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 08 15:52:46 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 08 16:36:09 -0700 2007
Takes place in 1967, Long Island...Holling Hoodhood, the one Presbyterian in a 7th grade sea of Catholic and Jewish peers, is the only student left in Mrs. Baker's English class on Wednesday afternoons (when all others leave for Catholic and Hebrew lessons)...and he is ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 12:28:26 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 12:37:15 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Aug 07 21:46:02 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 07 21:53:16 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jul 09 10:43:27 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 09 10:49:31 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Apr 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 01 11:32:42 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 13 10:24:50 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Jun 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 10 15:47:29 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 25 09:39:01 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Apr 01 07:51:04 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 07:51:42 -0700 2009
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