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| The Wednesday Wars | 
 enlarge | Author: Gary D. Schmidt
Publisher: Clarion Books
Category: Book
List Price: $16.00
Buy New: $7.59
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Avg. Customer Rating:  26 reviews
Sales Rank: 1625
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 272
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 0618724834
EAN: 9780618724833
ASIN: 0618724834
Publication Date: May 21, 2007
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| Customer Reviews:
Wonderful Work June 23, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is a marvelous book that I read in two sittings in about five hours. Schmidt has created unforgettable characters who live in readers' memories long after they finish the book. Look for Doug Swietek's brother. The book is also full of unforgettable images. Look for Holling Hoodhood's hilarious part as a fairy/warrior in a Shakespeare production. It's a story with real multi-dimensional characters confronting situations as contemporary as this morning's newspaper.
This should win something BIG June 29, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
War may be raging in Vietnam, but Holling has his own battles to fight. When the rest of his class leaves for Hebrew school or Catechism every Wednesday afternoon, he's stuck in class with the fearsome Mrs. Baker, who's either out to murder him or slowly torture him with Shakespeare. Add in a pair of pet rats gone wild, an ill-fated cream puff incident, and an unfortunate pair of tights with feathers on the you-know-what, and you've got a masterful story full of schoolyard scrapes and a surprising core of heart that grabs hold and won't let go.
highly recommended!! August 18, 2007
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
This book had me alternately in tears and laughing all the way through. Set
during Viet Nam we witness Holling Hoodhood's misery at having to stay in
the classroom every Wednesday afternoon with a teacher who is out to get him while everyone else gets to go to either Catechism or Hebrew school. The whole school is affected by air raids, missing in action husbandsand just trying to get through day to day life. Needless to say and the tension is high. This is a real page turner. I didn't put it down till it was finished. You know a book is great when it stays with you long after you've put it down.
Four thumbs up! June 18, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
On the suggestion of a friend who has excellent taste in books, I bought this book for my eleven year old son, who's appetite for books exceeds what I can keep up with! It was so gripping that he sat up until two in the morning to finish the book. (I can sympathize; I've done that!) His review (five stars) for the library book club was so enthusiastic that the next night I sat up until two in the morning to read it! This is probably the best recent children's book I've found! I loved it! And it gently introduces topics such as racism, the Vietnam war, bullying, determination and self-sacrifice that parents can discuss with their children. Kids love the book because it's witty and has a great story. Then again, I loved it for that too! So four thumbs up, two from me and two from my son!
One of the most entertaining books I've ever read June 6, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Wow! If I could give this book 6 stars-I would. I have read lots of middle school books, and yes a few have been excellent. This one was nearly impossible for me to put down. The book was so funny in parts, that I had a difficult time trying to stop laughing. Other parts were exciting, touching, a bit sad, and very thought provoking. Yes, this book is easy to read, but not at all shallow by any stretch of the imagination. It really has a lot to say, but does it in a subtle non-preachy way.
I think anyone grades 5 or up would love this book. The book is told through the eyes of a 7th grade boy, and it is comes across so real it is impossible not to have a connection with this character. You don't have to be a middle school teacher or an avid reader to love this book. It is one of those very few books that knocks down all walls and invites all readers to enter.
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