Tag: Gary Schmidt

American Fiction, Book Review, Fiction, Non-fiction, Novel, Ramble, Rants, Science Fiction, Short Story, Young Adult

Sunday Salon: Catching up with This Week’s Reading and Lionel Shriver Wears a Funny Hat.

This post is more of a ramble than a rant, so don’t worry. It’s been a busy week, getting ready for the 20th anniversary party C.J. and I threw yesterday, so there have not been many posts here lately.  I’m hoping to have a good amount of down time today, enough to relax and get a bunch of robo-posts ready for the week. Some I’m … Continue reading Sunday Salon: Catching up with This Week’s Reading and Lionel Shriver Wears a Funny Hat.

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Book Review, Fiction, Novel, Young Adult

The Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt

The Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt presents a humorous look at a year in the life of seventh grader Holling Hoodhood. The year is 1967; social turmoil rages across America, the war in Vietnam is reaching a turning point, but back home Holling Hoodhood has to face the venom of his English teacher, Mrs. Baker. Holling is the only Presbyterian in his class. This means … Continue reading The Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt

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