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Schmidt, Gary D.

The Wednesday wars / Gary D. Schmidt. - 264 pages ; 20 cm

"Sandpiper."

Wilson's Children, October 2010 Wilson's Junior High School, November 2008 Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2008 School Library Journal, July 2007 Booklist starred, June 2007 Horn Book Starred, July 2007 Book Links-starred, September 2007 Pub Weekly, April 2007 Kirkus Starred, May 2007

Seventh-grader Holling Hoodhood, stuck in Mrs. Baker's classroom during the 1967 school year while his classmates go to either Catechism or Hebrew school, learns much of value about the world in which he lives from the study of the plays of William Shakespeare.

5.9. 5-8 Follett School Solutions. 990 Lexile.



Newbery Medal/Honor, 2008

ISBN: 9780547237602

Subjects--Personal Names:
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Plays --Juvenile fiction.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Plays --Fiction.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Junior high schools--Juvenile fiction.
Schools--Juvenile fiction.
Families--New York (State)--Long Island--Juvenile fiction.
Junior high schools--Fiction.
Schools--Fiction.
Family life--New York (State)--Long Island--Fiction.
Coming of age--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Long Island (N.Y.)--History--20th century--Juvenile fiction.
Long Island (N.Y.)--History--20th century--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Bildungsromans.

LC Class. No.: PZ7.S3527 / We 2007

Dewey Class. No.: [Fic]