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The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt. The Wednesday Wars. by Gary D. Schmidt. The Wednesday Wars is a coming of age story that will provoke equal parts laughter and reflection. A comic account of the fictional Holling Hoodhood’s seventh grade year, the book also plumbs unexpected emotional depths as Holling navigates bullies, friendships, and familial stress, all to the grim backdrop . Gary D. Schmidt is the author of the Newbery Honor and Printz Honor book Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy. His most recent novel is The Wednesday Wars. He is a professor of English at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan/5(2K). The Wednesday Wars Summary. Holling knows on the first day of seventh grade that his teacher, Mrs. Baker, hates him. She gives him a dark look when she realizes that he's the only Presbyterian student and will therefore be in school on Wednesday afternoons instead of at catechism or Hebrew school.


Publisher's Summary. 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 school year in Long Island, New York. 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 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. The Wednesday Wars Gary D. Schmidt, Author. Clarion $16 (p) ISBN More By and About This Author. ARTICLES. Four Questions for Gary D. Schmidt; OTHER BOOKS. In God's Hands.


Overview. Gary Schmidt’s middle-grade novel, The Wednesday Wars, follows seventh grader Holling Hoodhood as he navigates the difficulties of junior high in the late s. Published in , Schmidt’s novel blends historical fiction with a coming-of-age theme, and was given the Newbery Medal in This guide refers to the Clarion Books reprint edition. The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt. The Wednesday Wars. by Gary D. Schmidt. The Wednesday Wars is a coming of age story that will provoke equal parts laughter and reflection. A comic account of the fictional Holling Hoodhood’s seventh grade year, the book also plumbs unexpected emotional depths as Holling navigates bullies, friendships, and familial stress, all to the grim backdrop of the Vietnam War. The Wednesday Wars Summary. Holling knows on the first day of seventh grade that his teacher, Mrs. Baker, hates him. She gives him a dark look when she realizes that he's the only Presbyterian student and will therefore be in school on Wednesday afternoons instead of at catechism or Hebrew school.

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