There are three closely related settings in the wednesday wars. Buy featured book title the wednesday wars author gary d. The wednesday wars 2007 read online free books in epub. A 2008 newbery honor book in this newbery honorwinning novel, gary d. The vietnam war is a backdrop to life at camillo junior high. This story will make you want to eat a cream puff, read a play, hug a vet, and get some yellow tights. Baker each wednesday while all the other students go to catechism or hebrew school. Mar 12, 2020 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 in long island, new york. In september of 1967, in the suburbs of long island, holling hoodhood begins seventh grade at camillo junior high. Wednesday wars character listimportant concepts and figures. Of all the kids in the seventh grade at camillo junior high, there was one kid. Baker eventually he forms a strong bond with his teacher. Meet holling hoodhood, a seventhgrader at camillo junior high, who must spend wednesday afternoons with his te in this newbery honorwinning novel, gary d.
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 seventhgrader at camillo junior high, who must spend wednesday. Hollings presbyterian family lives near his school, camillo junior high, right in the center of town. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Ieven read ivanhoe halfwaythroughbeforeigaveup,sinceistarted thecallofthewild. The wednesday wars ebook washington county cooperative. The wednesday wars kindle edition by schmidt, gary d. This is specifically camillo junior high on long island, in.
From day one at camillo, holling is sure his teacher, mrs. From first sentence to last, this book was so full and rich and true in every way. Schmidt and the wednesday wars on audio, and i adored it. The wednesday wars delaware county library system overdrive. Why else would she make him read the plays of william shakespeare outside class.
The realism comes from the skill with which gary d. Thatnight,iread treasureisland again,andidontwanttobrag,butiveread treasureisland fourtimesand kidnapped twiceand theblackarrow twice. Its probably because shes going to be stuck with him on wednesday afternoons all year long. During the 1967 school year, on wednesday afternoons when all his classmates go to either catechism or hebrew school, seventhgrader holling hoodhood stays in mrs.
The protagonist of the book is holling hoodhood, a seventh grader at camillo junior high in long island during the 1960s. Bakers classroom, where they read the plays of william shakespeare and holling learns much of value about the world he lives in. Holling details his year at camillo junior high where he, the only protestant in his class, is left behind with his teacher mrs. Meet holling hoodhood, a seventhgrader at camillo junior high, who must spend. What was the shape of the new camillo junior high school in. What three adjectives describe holling hoodhood in the book wednesday wars. Of all the kids in the seventh grade at camillo junior high, there. Nov 14, 20 the wednesday wars is a historical fiction novel about a seventh grader named holling hoodhood growing up in new york in1967. The wednesday wars npr coverage of the wednesday wars by gary d. Pdf the wednesday wars download full pdf book download. 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 in long island, new york. Oct 05, 2018 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 in long island, new york. Baker create an excuse to take holling on a field trip on a wednesday afternoon. When someone who tends to make good recommendations to you tells you several times that you will probably love somethinglisten.
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 in long island, new york meet holling hoodhood, a seventhgrader at camillo junior high, who must spend wednesday. Of all the kids in the seventh grade at camillo junior high, there was one kid that mrs. Hollings 16yearold sister dreams of being a flower child and runs away, and holling must come to her rescue. On wednesday afternoons, half of her class went to hebrew school at temple bethel while the other half left for catechism at saint adelberts. Then i went outside and pounded the erasers against the brick wall of camillo junior high until the white chalk dust spread up and around me, settling in my hair and in my eyes and up my nose and down my throat, so that i figured i was probably going to end up with some sort of lung disease that would kill me before the end of the school year. May 18, 2009 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 in long island, new york. The wednesday wars is a young adult novel that is amazingly realistic on one handand amazingly unbelievable on the other. See our editors favorite books each month for kids of all ages. The wednesday warsis a wonderfully witty and compelling story about a teenage boys mishaps and adventures over the course of the 196768 school year in long island, new york. Meet holling hoodhood, a seventhgrader at camillo junior high who must spend wednesday afternoons with his teacher. Meet holling hoodhood, a seventhgrader at camillo junior high, who must spend wednesday afternoons with his te in this. High who does not attend an offcampus religious class during the last period of school on wednesdays spends wednesday afternoons with mrs. The wednesday wars follows holling hoodhood through a school year.
Of all the kids in the seventh grade at camillo junior high, there was one. After now reading the wednesday wars three times, it remains for me the book of the year and my pick for the next newbery medal. Baker, and as the bookand the school yearopen, hes convinced she has it in for him. The wednesday wars in this newbery honorwinning novel, gary d. Wednesday wars character listimportant concepts and.