The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt This book really got me thinking... I wonder how many of my students think of me as Mrs. Baker... that teacher whose class is the one students feel like like being at war everyday! Hummm...interesting. I know for sure that test days are like fighting a war in any class for that matter! Anyways, Holling Hoodwood is your typical student in middle school who when is set apart due to his religion feels his teacher has it against him when he has to stay with her on Wednesday afternoons. To make matters worse, she starts having him read Shakepeare's plays. After realizing that she is not out to get him, he really starts enjoying his Wednesday afternoons. I think this would be a wonderful book for students in middle school to read because this is mostly the age when they feel everyone is out to get them.
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