Schmidt, Gary D.

The Wednesday wars / by Gary D. Schmidt. - New York : Clarion Books ; Scholastic, c2007. - 264 p. ; 24 cm.

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: 9780618724833 (hc) ; 9780545105620 (hc) ;

LCCN: 2006023660

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

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

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