The wednesday wars by gary d schmidt7/6/2023 I first read The Wednesday Wars in 2011, and I have never forgotten it (especially the yellow tights and the story that surrounds them). But how can Holling stay out of trouble when he has so much with which to contend? 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!Īs 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. His father wants Holling and his sister to be on their best behavior: The success of his business depends on it. Why else would she make him read the plays of William Shakespeare outside class?īut everyone has bigger things to worry about, like Vietnam. Baker doesn’t like Holling - he’s sure of it. Baker, while the rest of the class has religious instruction. Meet Holling Hoodhood, a seventh-grader at Camillo Junior High who must spend Wednesday afternoons with his teacher, Mrs. 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. Schmidt offers an unforgettable antihero. In this Newbery Honor-winning novel, Gary D.
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