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The Wednesday Wars: A Newbery Honor Award Winner
Contributor(s): Schmidt, Gary D. (Author)

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ISBN: 0618724834     ISBN-13: 9780618724833
Publisher: Clarion Books
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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: May 2007
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Annotation: The Newbery and Printz honor-winning author of "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" delivers a wonderfully witty and compelling novel about a teenage boy's mishaps and adventures over the course of the 1967-68 school year.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - 20th Century
- Juvenile Fiction | Boys & Men
- Juvenile Fiction | School & Education
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2006023660
Age Level: 10-12
Grade Level: 5-7
Lexile Measure: 990(Not Available)
Guided Reading: X (Grade 6)
Physical Information: 0.93" H x 6.36" W x 9.16" L (1.01 lbs) 272 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 20th Century
Features: Dust Cover, Ikids, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian
Awards: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award, Nominee, Grades 4-8, 2010
Georgia Children's Book Award, Nominee, Children's Book, 2010
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award, Nominee, Grades 6-8, 2011
Virginia Readers Choice Award, Nominee, Middle School, 2010
Golden Sower Award, Nominee, Young Adult, 2010
Nutmeg Book Award, Nominee, Teen, 2011
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award, Nominee, Children's, 2009
Texas Lone Star Reading List, Commended, Young Adult, 2008
Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens, Recommended, Ten to Fourteen, 2008
Grand Canyon Reader Award, Nominee, Tween, 2010
Volunteer State Book Awards, Nominee, Young Adult, 2009
Land of Enchantment Book Award, Nominee, Young Adult, 2009
Sequoyah Book Awards, Nominee, Intermediate, 2010
Beehive Awards, Nominee, Young Adult, 2009
Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award, Nominee, Grades 4-6, 2009
Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award, Nominee, Grades 6-8, 2012
Newbery Medal, Honor Book, Children's, 2008
Society of Midland Authors Award, Winner, Children's Fiction, 2008
California Young Reader Medal, Nominee, Middle School, 2010
Cybils, Finalist, Young Adult Fiction, 2007
Review Citations: Kirkus Best Books 01/15/2007 pg. 17
Publishers Weekly 04/16/2007 pg. 49
Kirkus Review - Children 05/15/2007 pg. 508
Voice of Youth Advocates 06/01/2007 pg. 152 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Kliatt 05/01/2007 pg. 19
Booklist 06/01/2007 pg. 71
School Library Journal 07/01/2007 pg. 110
Horn Book Magazine 07/01/2007 pg. 403
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 09/01/2007 pg. 52 - Recommended
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2007 pg. 355 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style
Publishers Weekly Best Books 11/05/2007 pg. 37
Kirkus Best Young-Adult Books 12/01/2007 pg. 18
New York Times Book Review 12/16/2007 pg. 23
Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/2008 pg. 13
People Weekly 11/10/2008 pg. 102
ALA Best Books Young Adults 01/01/2008 pg. 1
Shelf Awareness 01/01/0001
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 114653
Reading Level: 5.9   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 12.0
 
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Publisher Description:

In this Newbery Honor-winning novel, Gary D. Schmidt tells the witty and compelling story of a teenage boy who feels that fate has it in for him, during the school year 1968-68.

Seventh grader Holling Hoodhood isn't happy. He is sure his new teacher, Mrs. Baker, hates his guts. Holling's domineering father is obsessed with his business image and disregards his family. Throughout the school year, Holling strives to get a handle on the Shakespeare plays Mrs. Baker assigns him to read on his own time, and to figure out the enigmatic Mrs. Baker. As the Vietnam War turns lives upside down, Holling comes to admire and respect both Shakespeare and Mrs. Baker, who have more to offer him than he imagined. And when his family is on the verge of coming apart, he also discovers his loyalty to his sister, and his ability to stand up to his father when it matters most.


Contributor Bio(s): Schmidt, Gary D.: - Gary D. Schmidt is the best-selling author of Pay Attention, Carter Jones; Orbiting Jupiter; the Newbery Honor and Printz Honor book Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy; the Newbery Honor book The Wednesday Wars; and Okay for Now. He is a professor of English at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
 
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