Las guerras de los miércoles / The Wednesday Wars

by Gary D. Schmidt

Novela ganadora del Newbery Honor

Holling Hoodhood está en problemas. Acaba de comenzar el séptimo grado con la señora Baker, y presiente que la maestra tiene algo en su contra. ¿Por qué otra razón lo haría leer a Shakespeare fuera del horario de clases?

Es el año 1967, y todo el mundo tiene cosas más importantes de qué preocuparse. Por un lado, está Vietnam, y por otro está el negocio familiar. Según el padre de Holling, nada es más importante que el negocio familiar. De hecho, todos los Hoodhood tienen que comportarse siempre lo mejor el éxito de Hoodhood y Asociados depende de ello. ¿Pero cómo puede Holling evitar los problemas si tiene que lidiar con la señora Baker?

272 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 18, 2023

About the author

Gary D. Schmidt is an American children's writer of nonfiction books and young adult novels, including two Newbery Honor books. He lives on a farm in Alto, Michigan,with his wife and six children, where he splits wood, plants gardens, writes, feeds the wild cats that drop by and wishes that sometimes the sea breeze came that far inland. He is a Professor of English at Calvin College.

Reviews

[Brendon Dahl]

The Wednesday Wars is the story of a seventh-grade boy’s journey through the school year, focusing on the relationships that he has with his classmates, peers, and teacher Mrs. Baker. While it starts out seeming like the typical american story of it’s era, it quickly begins to swell in depth of story and meaning through the use of powerful themes and strong relationships. In the story’s beginning, I felt extreme discomfort and awkwardness for Holling’s plight—that of being hated by Mrs. Baker (his teacher) because of his religion, and getting roped into an awkward position for a Shakespear play; but as the story progresses he and Mrs. Baker actually become friends, and deeper undertones of love and loss and why we do hard things emerge, making it a powerfully moving read. I feel that it teaches acceptance, love, and hope, and the importance of discovering who we actually are and want to be, rather than simply accepting the fate that has been decreed for us.
I do feel as though this story probably will mostly go over the heads of most of it’s intended audience, but I also feel that with the right push or guidance, it provides a valuable mirror to look deeper at the american dream, and also people generally.

[Mara K.]

pretty good,
sometimes a little vague or hard to follow
but overall great!
the best part is when they go camping,
that part is written really well

the other thing was the part in the beggining about the religan. it feels so one and done when almost the whole book is supposed to be about it.
really enjoyed!

[William]

I liked it, I liked its plot and story.

[Juliette]

#NewFavoriteBook this book is so good like SOOOOOOO good at first feel like the first chapter I was like ehh, but then once I got into it, it was like yes this is amazing book.