The Wednesday wars

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The work The Wednesday wars represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Clinton Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

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Label

The Wednesday wars

Statement of responsibility

by Gary D. Schmidt

Creator

• trueSchmidt, Gary D.
• Schmidt, Gary D

Subject

• trueFamilies
• Junior high schools -- Fiction
• Junior high schools -- Juvenile fiction
• Long Island (N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
• Long Island (N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
• trueLong Island, New York -- History -- 20th century
• trueSchools
• Schools -- Fiction
• trueSeventh-grade boys
• trueShakespeare, William, 1564-1616
• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Fiction
• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Juvenile fiction
• trueTeacher-student relationships
• trueTeenage boys
• trueVietnam War, 1961-1975
• true1960s -- 1960 -- 1969
• Bildungsromans
• Bildungsromans
• Coming of age -- Fiction
• trueComing-of-age stories
• Families -- New York (State) | Long Island -- Juvenile fiction
• Family life -- New York (State) | Long Island -- Fiction
• trueGrowth (Psychology)
• trueHistorical fiction
• trueJunior high schools

Genre

• trueHistorical fiction
• Fiction
• trueComing-of-age stories
• Bildungsromans
• Juvenile fiction

Language

eng

Summary

During the 1967 school year, on Wednesday afternoons when all his classmates go to either Catechism or Hebrew school, seventh-grader Holling Hoodhood stays in Mrs. Baker's classroom where they read the plays of William Shakespeare and Holling learns much of value about the world he lives in

Storyline

• trueCharacter-driven

Tone

• trueUpbeat
• trueMoving
• trueFunny

Writing style

• trueAttention-grabbing

Award

• ALA Notable Children's Book, 2008
• Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth, 2007
• YALSA Best Books for Young Adults, 2008
• YALSA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults, 2013.

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

[Fic]

Index

no index present

Intended audience

• 990
• 990L

Intended audience source

• Lexile
• Lexile

Interest level

MG

LC call number

PZ7.S3527

LC item number

We 2007

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile

990

Literary form

fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 6
• 9

Reading level

5.9

Study program name

Accelerated Reader AR

Target audience

pre adolescent