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The Wednesday Wars is a Newbery Honor-winning novel by Gary D. Schmidt about seventh-grader Holling Hoodhood, who is forced to spend Wednesday afternoons with his teacher, Mrs. Baker, during the 1967-68 school year. While his classmates attend religious instruction, Holling reads Shakespearean plays, leading to humorous mishaps, unexpected lessons, and a deep, evolving understanding of the plays and his teacher. Set against the backdrop of the Vietnam War and other national events, Holling navigates adolescence, family struggles, and unlikely friendships.
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