The Wednesday wars / by Gary D. Schmidt

Author:: Schmidt, Gary D.
Published:: New York : Clarion Books, [2007]
Copyright Date:: ©2007
Physical Description:: 264 pages ; 24 cm

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Summary:

During the 1967 school year, on Wednesday afternoons when all his classmates go to either Catechism or Hebrew school, seventh-grader Holling Hoodhood stays in Mrs. Baker's classroom where they read the plays of William Shakespeare and Holling learns much of value about the world he lives in.

Subject(s):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Plays—Fiction
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Plays—Juvenile fiction
Junior high schools—Fiction
Schools—Fiction
Family life—New York (State)—New York—Fiction
Coming of age—Fiction
Junior high schools—Juvenile fiction
Families—New York (State)—Long Island—Juvenile fiction
Long Island (N.Y.)—History—20th century—Fiction
Long Island (N.Y.)—History—20th century—Juvenile fiction

ISBN:

9780618724833
0618724834
9781428739239 (BWI bdg.)
1428739238 (BWI bdg.)

Awards:

Newbery Honor Book, 2008.

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