Wednesday Wars

English

ISBN: 0618724834

EAN: 9780618724833

Category: Juvenile Fiction / Family / General/Juvenile Fiction / Performing Arts / Theater/Juvenile Fiction / School & Education/Juvenile Fiction / General/Juvenile Fiction / People & Places / United States / General/

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

Release Date: 06/30/2007

Age Range: 10-14

Synopsis: 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 boys mishaps and adventures over the course of the 196768 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 doesnt like Hollinghes 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 Motivationthe Big Min the most unexpected places and musters up the courage to embrace his destiny, in spite of himself.

Awards: American Library Association Notable Books for Children – null  Beehive Young Adults Book Award – null  California Young Reader Medal – null  Garden State Childrens Book Awards – null  Georgia Childrens Book Award – null  Golden Sower Award – null  Maud Hart Lovelace Award – null  Newbery Medal – null  Nutmeg Childrens Book Award – null  Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year – null  Publishers Weekly Best Childrens Books – null  Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award – null  Volunteer State Book Award – null  Wyoming Indian Paintbrush Book Award – null 

Wednesday Wars

Illustrated: No

Format: Hardcover

Height: 0.69 inches

Width: 6.0 inches

Length: 9.0 inches

Weight: 17.32 oz

Pages: 272