The Wednesday wars

Title
The Wednesday wars

Personal Author EPSB
Gary D. Schmidt

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 classrooom, where they read the plays of William Shakespeare and Holling learns much of value about the world he lives in."--T.p. verso.

Year Published
2009,
 
2007

Physical Description
264 p. ; 20 cm.

Note
"Sandpiper."
 
Originally published in hardcover by Clarion, 2007.

Reading Grade level
ebrew school, learns much of value about the world in which he lives from the study of the plays of William Shakespeare.

Age Interest level
Ages 9-12 years.

Grade Interest level
5-8

Program Information
Gr. 7+
 
Accelerated Reader MG 5.9 12.0 114653

Awards
Newbery Honor, 2008.

Personal Subject
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Plays-Fiction.
 
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Plays-Juvenile fiction.

Subject
Coming of age -- Fiction.
 
Junior high schools -- Fiction.
 
Schools -- Fiction.
 
Family life -- Fiction.
 
Families -- New York (State) -- Long Island -- Fiction.

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

Genre
Bildungsromans.

Curriculum Objective
gsafd

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 classrooom, where they read the plays of William Shakespeare and Holling learns much of value about the world he lives in."--T.p. verso.

ISBN
9780547237602

Publisher
New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2009], c2007.


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
D.S. MacKenzieFIC SCHBook30522000244639Realistic Fiction
D.S. MacKenzieFIC SCHBook30522000376076Realistic Fiction