The Wednesday Wars

Title: The Wednesday Wars
Author: Gary D. Schmidt
Genre: Historical Fiction, Middle Grade
Format: Hard Cover
Pages: 264
Reason Read: Book Club
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My Thoughts

THE WEDNESDAY WARS was such a sweet, comedic story. There were many times I laughed out loud, wanted to chuck something at Holling’s father, and felt a warmth so great that I felt like Hallmark couldn’t have produced a better feeling with one of their happy-go-lucky cards.

Holling’s father made me so angry. He was a selfish, arrogant jerk and I really enjoyed seeing Holling come out from under his grasp and learn that he could be whatever he wanted to be not what his father wanted.

I’ve never been a fan of Shakespeare. I don’t really understand it. The only one of his plays I’ve read is OTHELLO. After reading this story, I really want to read more, especially the plays that Mrs. Baker had Holling read together. Holling learned a lot of valuable lessons from those plays, lessons I think I could help me as well.

I’m quite surprised at how much I enjoyed this heart-warming story. This is not usually my typical read, but I think I might actually want to read this one again.