The Wednesday Wars: A Newbery Honor Award WinnerIn 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 1968-69. |
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If your last name ended in “berg” or “zog” or “stein,” you lived on the north side. If your last name ended in “elli” or “ini” or “o,” you lived on the south side. Lee Avenue cut right between them, and if you walked out of Camillo ...
Not on the north side. Not on the south side. Just somewhere in between. “It's the Perfect House,” he said. But perfect or not, it was hard living in between. On Saturday morning, everyone north of us was at Temple Beth-El. Late on ...
The cement squares and azaleas stopped at the perfect stoop—three steps, like every other stoop on the block—and then you're up to the two-story colonial, with two windows on each side, and two dormers on the second floor.
If I don't play, I'll live another day, I thought. “Hoodhood,” said Doug Swieteck's brother, “you coming or not?” What could I do? It was like walking into my own destiny. “You're on that side.” He pointed. I already knew that.
And that was when I remembered Jim Hawkins, climbing up the side of the Hispaniola to steal her, tearing down the Jolly Roger flag, sitting in the crosstrees and holding Israel Hands back. Guts. So I glanced up at Mrs. Baker's ...
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LibraryThing Review
Ulasan Pengguna - Dairyqueen84 - LibraryThingAll of the events in the book had almost a too perfect resolution. It was a bit hard to believe that a 7th grader would read and understand Shakespeare without some guidance. Were kids smarter in 1968? The parents were a horror show in their absence from their kids lives. Baca ulasan lengkap
LibraryThing Review
Ulasan Pengguna - ms_rowse - LibraryThingLove love love this book. I want to be Mrs. Baker--she is the perfect teacher. Nice coming-of-age story...if Holling Hoodhood (the protagonist) was older, I'd lobby to teach this instead of Catcher in the Rye. Way more hopeful but with similar themes. Loved it! Baca ulasan lengkap
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| Judul | The Wednesday Wars: A Newbery Honor Award Winner |
| Pengarang | Gary D. Schmidt |
| Edisi | tidak diringkas, cetak ulang |
| Penerbit | HarperCollins, 2009 |
| ISBN | 0547346247, 9780547346243 |
| Tebal | 288 halaman |
| Ekspor Kutipan | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |