The Wednesday Wars - Book Review

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Schmidt, Gary D. The Wednesday Wars. New York: Clarion, 2007. Print.

“Mrs. Baker hates my guts.”  

That was the first thing Holling Hoodhood said when his father asked him how his first day of seventh grade had been.  Holling is just an average middle school student and he just knows that his English teacher is out to get him when she gives him “the glare” on the first day of school. This wouldn’t be much of a problem since she only teaches one of his classes, but the thing is, every Wednesday, everyone in his class leaves at 1:45 to go to either Hebrew School or Catechism, leaving Holling alone with Mrs. Baker. Holling just knows something awful will happen to him when she decides to reach into her cabinet in her desk...  

This book was probably the best historical fiction book I’ve read in a while.

Gary D. Schmidt does a very accurate job talking about many of the things that a seventh grader goes through on a daily basis, whether it is about that teacher who you are just positive has it in for you, or the apathetic sibling who just doesn’t really care about what goes on in your life.