The Wednesday Wars (edit title)

Jessica M edited the first sentence of The Wednesday Wars 1 day ago.

• Of all the kids in the seventh grade at Camillo Junior High, there was one kid that Mrs. Baker hated with heat whiter than the sun.

Shelfari edited the description of The Wednesday Wars 2 weeks ago.

• Gary D. Schmidt offers an unforgettable antihero in THE WEDNESDAY WARS—a wonderfully witty and compelling novel about a teenage boy's mishaps and adventures over the course of the 1967–68 school year. Meet Holling Hoodhood, a seventh-grader at Camillo Junior High, who must spend Wednesday afternoons with his teacher, Mrs. Baker, while the rest of the class has religious instruction. Mrs. Baker doesn't like Holling—he's sure of it. Why else would she make him read the plays of William Shakespeare outside class? But everyone has bigger things to worry about, like Vietnam. His father wants Holling and his sister to be on their best behavior: the success of his business depends on it. But how can Holling stay out of trouble when he has so much to contend with? A bully demanding cream puffs; angry rats; and a baseball hero signing autographs the very same night Holling has to appear in a play in yellow tights! As fate sneaks up on him again and again, Holling finds Motivation—the Big M—in the most unexpected places and musters up the courage to embrace his destiny, in spite of himself.

Mrs. Donofrio edited the characters of The Wednesday Wars Thursday, August 13 2009.

• Changed the section title: Cast of Characters/Important People
• Added the description of Holling Hoodhood: 7th grade student at Camillo Jr. High
• marked the description of Holling Hoodhood as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Mrs. Baker: Holling's language arts teacher
• marked the description of Mrs. Baker as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Danny Hupfer: Holling's best friend
• marked the description of Danny Hupfer as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Doug Sweiteck: Holling's other best friend
• marked the description of Doug Sweiteck as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Meryl Lee Kowalski: A girl in Holling's class
• marked the description of Meryl Lee Kowalski as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Mrs. Bigio: the cafeteria lady
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• Added the description of Mickey Mantle: famous New York Yankee
• marked the description of Mickey Mantle as not a spoiler

Mrs. Donofrio edited the summary of The Wednesday Wars Thursday, August 13 2009.

• Holling Hoodhook has uncovered the plans of Mrs.Baker, his 7th grade language arts teacher, to assassinate him. He is the only student coming between her and student-free Wednesday afternoons. All the other students are either at Catholic catechism classes or Hebrew school. As the sole Presbyterian in the class, Holling has no religious classes to attend, and thus must stay alone with Mrs. Baker each Wednesday afternoon. Unable to dump Holling in remedial math, Mrs. Baker escalates her nefarious plot to do Holling in by involving Doug Sweiteck's crazy older brother. However, after a few weeks of blundered assassination attempts, Mrs. Baker instead tries to torture Holling to death by teaching him Shakespeare every afternoon. Little does she know, Holling really digs The Bard, and her plot is again foiled. Week by week, as Holling learns more and more about human nature through the plays of Shakespeare, especially as applied to his 7th grade classmates and his extraordinarily inattentive parents, he and Mrs. Baker forge a bond that transcends literature and delves into the realm of Yankee baseball, the Vietnam War, two classroom pet rats, cream puffs, and a camping trip. In the process, Mrs. Baker and the Bard team up to teach Holling what it takes to grow up to be a wise and good man, a lesson Holling learns well.

Mrs. Donofrio edited the ridiculously simplified synopsis of The Wednesday Wars Thursday, August 13 2009.

• Added: Holling Hoodhood learns about life through his teacher, Mrs. Baker, and his afternoon Shakespeare sessions with her

Shelfari edited the description of The Wednesday Wars Friday, July 31 2009.

• Gary D. Schmidt offers an unforgettable antihero in THE WEDNESDAY WARS—a wonderfully witty and compelling novel about a teenage boy’s mishaps and adventures over the course of the 1967–68 school year. Meet Holling Hoodhood, a seventh-grader at Camillo Junior High, who must spend Wednesday afternoons with his teacher, Mrs. Baker, while the rest of the class has religious instruction. Mrs. Baker doesn’t like Holling—he’s sure of it. Why else would she make him read the plays of William Shakespeare outside class? But everyone has bigger things to worry about, like Vietnam. His father wants Holling and his sister to be on their best behavior: the success of his business depends on it. But how can Holling stay out of trouble when he has so much to contend with? A bully demanding cream puffs; angry rats; and a baseball hero signing autographs the very same night Holling has to appear in a play in yellow tights! As fate sneaks up on him again and again, Holling finds Motivation—the Big M—in the most unexpected places and musters up the courage to embrace his destiny, in spite of himself.

Shelfari edited the contributors of The Wednesday Wars Wednesday, July 22 2009.

• Added a contributor: Gary D. Schmidt: (Primary Author)