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Author:

Schmidt, Gary D.

Title:

The Wednesday wars. / by Gary D. Schmidt.

Publisher:

Scholastic,

Copyright Date:

2009, c2007

Description:

264 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616.--Plays--Juvenile fiction.
Junior high schools--Juvenile fiction.
Families--Long Island--Long Island--Juvenile fiction.
Long Island (N.Y.)--History--20th century--Juvenile fiction.
Coming of age--Fiction.
Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616.--Plays--Fiction.
Junior high schools--Fiction.
Schools--Fiction.
Family life--Fiction.
Long Island (N.Y.)--History--20th century--Fiction.
Newbery Honor.
Newbery Honor--2008.

Notes:

Originally published: New York : Clarion Books, 2007.

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.

ISBN:

9780545178136 (pbk.)
0545178134 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)260023668

Locations:

HRPE845 -- Sioux Center Public Library (Sioux Center)