Summary Of The Wednesday War By Gary D. Schmidt

The Wednesday War by Gary D. Schmidt is an interesting realistic fiction novel that illustrates the life of a seventh grade boy named Holling Hoodhood. His accounts begin during the Vietnam War, which brings sadness to those around him. The tragic events during 1967 affect the way Holling looks at the world. This includes discrimination to his Vietnamese friend. He also learns very important life lessons from Shakespeare’s books, which Mrs. Baker forced him to read.
At the beginning Holling believed that his teacher Mrs. Baker “Hated his guts.” He was even forced to do chorus for her on Wednesdays, when all the other students were either at Catechism or Hebrew school. Holling believed that Mrs. Baker made him start reading Shakespeare