The Wednesday Wars by Schmidt was a blast. Holling Hoodhood is in seventh grade on Long Island in 1967 and is the only kid stuck with Mrs. Baker on Wednesday afternoons. Half his class is Jewish and leaves early for Hebrew school while the other half is Catholic and leaves for Catechism. Holling’s the lone Presbyterian and Mrs. Baker decides to expand his horizons by having him read Shakespeare. The hilarious first person narrative covers everything from wearing yellow tights to saving his sister from being run over by a school bus to accidentally releasing two vicious rats in class as well as historical moments including the assassinations of Bobby Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Vietnam War. Great, very fun read complemented with Shakespearean and historical references.

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