The Wednesday Wars book is a really funny book. The main character Holling Hoodhood talks about his life at school and at home. He is a really interesting boy when he talks about his school he doesn't just tell you he tells you.  So far I really like this book because it shows you every detail so you understand what he is talking about and he tells you in a funny way so you have a little humor and a little sadness. In the beginning of the book Holling thinks his teacher Ms.Baker hates him. But later on in the book he gets stuck because he didn't have the cream puffs for his class so  Ms.Baker gives him her extra cream puffs. So far things for Holling weren't working out but now things are changeing for him! I cant wait to read the next chapter who knows what will come next!

        -Majorskater

The Wednesday Wars

The thing that I like about The Wednesday Wars is that the author doesn’t just tell you what happened he shows you what happened. I like that because you have to think of what happened in the story. Also the story is actually like a journal because the author is telling you about a student’s life at school. He is really funny when he talks about the story because he makes funny jokes in the story. Also when he shows that Merryl Lee gives him a lot of threats that she tells him which are kind of funny. When the rats escaped I liked how the narrator wrote, “oh” but he really meant a bad word. That’s what I found funny and that’s what I liked about The Wednesday Wars.

The Wednesday Wars Journal

I like this book because it has a very unique storyline.  The story flows and does not allow the reader to become bored. The author describes some very humorous events. The detail and description of character's outrageous behaviors make you want to continue reading. The story is so interesting that you are curious as to what will happen next to all of the characters.  The author's writing lets you think and feel the emotions of the characters.   The way author writes, really puts a picture in your head. The book just keeps getting better and better. I bet that the rest of the book will be just as great as what I read so far.

                                                                        By: Tiffany K.

The Wednesday Wars

When our class first received the book, I took a simple glance at the front cover, read a little on the back cover and instantly thought this book was going to be dull and boring…but, I stood corrected. I guess that's why they say, "Never judge a book by its cover." So far I have to say I'm really enjoying this book. The author had put A LOT of humor that I actually laughed out loud when reading. I mean, who doesn't like humor? What struck me the most was the way the author really got inside of a teenager's head, and really understood how the character would respond to a particular situation. When a character like Heather Hoodhood (Holling's older sister), would speak, you really learn to appreciate the way Gary D. Schmidt composed her dialogue. This is because he would put her words in such a way a typical teenage girl would speak to a younger brother – like if she is bugged, she would speak with an annoyed, sarcastic tone in her voice. If you have an older sister, I bet you could really relate her attitude to Heather Hoodhood's. If you can't…well you're a lucky duck. You can see the way he really understands a teenager's mind when he writes. Another thing I also really liked is this way he expressed one's emotion and feeling, especially since he wrote the story from a twelve-year-old boy's perspective. He would make the reader think because when describing his characters' emotion or feeling, he wouldn't just make the character literally say how they feel, he would make the character show it through actions, describing their facial expressions, or speaking in a specific tone so the reader has to infer how the character feels or what mood they are in. He also uses similes, metaphors, and other methods to make his story more interesting. We have only read three chapters and I'm already getting into the story. I have to say, the book really shocked me, because I expected much less. I didn't expect the story to be this funny, or this interesting. It's a real page-turner for me, and I just can't wait to see what else happens throughout the rest of the novel!

-Christine

    

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            In my opinion the Wednesday Wars is an excellent book.  In the beginning of the book Holling gets the idea that Mrs. Baker hates his guts because on the first day she keeps giving him dirty looks. When he went home and told his parents they did not do anything they just assumed that he did something wrong. Later in October Holling's perspective of Mrs. Baker is changing. In the first chapter Mrs. Baker made Holling do chores around the classroom. When Holing and Mrs. Baker start reading Shakespeare that is when he realizes that she does not hate him. I have two favourite parts in the book so far, one in the second chapter and one in the third chapter. The first one in the second chapter was when Mrs. Baker said, "By the way teachers don't bring up Shakespeare to bore their students to death." When Holling heard this he turned and accidentally pulled the two rat cages apart then they escaped. I can imagine it looking very funny seeing  Holling, Mrs. Baker and Mr. Vandleri sanding on the desks terrified by Mrs. Baker's rats. My other favourite part in the third chapter was when Holling was practicing Caliban's curses in front of a mirror with his shirt off and his sister tells him to shut up. When Holling hears this he says, "A southwest blow on ye and blister on you all o'er," and his Sister opens the door and demands to know what he said, then calls him a weirdo for talking to himself in the mirror half naked. That would have been a funny sight to see, Heather starring at Holling with this look on her face like her brother was crazy. Even though we are only three chapters into it The Wednesday Wars is still an amazing book and I can't wait to read more..

Christina P

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The Wednesday Wars: My Opinion

My opinion on The Wednesday Wars so far is that it is a great book.  We have only read three chapters but I already feel that I know the characters so well.  The ideas that have begun at the beginning of the story are carried throughout the chapters allowing you to understand the ideas and the relation between the characters more.   Mrs. Baker, Holling, Mr. Hoodhood, and Meryl Lee are all characters who are greatly involved in the story and they each have their own little unique traits that make this book so intriguing.   The author, Gary D. Schmidt, uses a lot of hyperboles, metaphors, and similes so that while reading the book it makes you think, but not think so much that you get annoyed.  He also uses descriptive words which allows the reader to understand what emotions the character feels or what the character thinks about something.  The narrator of the story is Holling, who is a seventh grader.  Now, Schmidt is a grown man but he captures every little detail and attitude of a twelve year old.  He makes this story easy to relate and even Holling's older sister has every characteristic of what an older sister should have.  Schmidt is an excellent author who takes every word or emotion and makes it into something bigger and better.  I am thoroughly enjoying this book and I wonder what else will happen throughout Holling's school year.      

-Ashley

The Wednesday Wars 

So far the book The Wednesday Wars has been amazing.  One of the things that I like about this book is the way the author doesn't write what happened, Gary D. Schmidt shows you.  The way he writes creates a picture in your mind which makes this book really great.  Also Gary puts a lot of voice in his writing. He puts lots of hyperboles, metaphors, similes, personifications, alliterations, onomatopoeias and idioms.  Instead of writing, "It smelt under the floorboards," Gary writes, "A scent that lingered like the smell of a dead animal caught underneath the floorboards."  The sentences that Gary writes are detailed and unique.  You don't see this kind of writing in a lot of books.  There are some books that are boring and tell you what happened and there are other books that have a lot of detail.  But this book is detailed and creates a picture in your head that makes you want to flip to the next page.  What I love the most about this book is the way the author describes Holling's reaction when he survives one of Mrs.Baker's evil plots or when he suspects that Mrs.Baker is planning an evil plot.  It's hilarious. If I could rate this book in what I've read out of ten, I would rate it ten out of ten. 

-Adam   

                                     THE WEDNESDAY WARS

                               (What I enjoy about the Wednesday Wars book)

What I enjoy about the Wednesday Wars book is that it has lots of humor. So far, each chapter has had more than one line of humor. I would say that one of my favorite things about the book is that Holling, the main character, himself, is the narrarator of the book. Also, another one of my favorite parts about the book is Holling's sister. She seems a bit snobby, but funny. When we listen to Holling read each chapter, he puts lots of feeling in to it, mainly sarcasm. Mrs.Baker seemed like a really strict teacher, but now i think she had some sort of mood swing. Mrs.Baker went from a devil to an angel. I thought it was really funny how Mrs.Baker got Holling in to reading the Tempest because now these days, kids/teenagers don't enjoy reading Shakespeare, so I could imagine how he felt. Although, besides that, it's a really great book and we've already read the first three chapters (September, October and November).  

By: Tiffany.H

The Wednesday Wars

The Wednesday wars is one of the favourite books that I have read in school. It's an adventure with the main character Holling that has a suspicion that his 7^th grade teacher hates him! His father is a big contractor for the Bakers Sporting Emporium which is about to settle a big deal with Hood Hood and Associates to build their new main building and renovate each of their stores. Holling tries to get an ally with him but his mom doesn't believe his sister dislikes him, and his dad is telling him to listen to every word that Mrs.Baker tells him so they can get the deal. Holling thinks that there's a conspiracy that Mrs.Baker is trying to kill him with mischievous plans but now Holling is asking himself will he survive the rest of the year?  

What I liked about The Wednesday Wars

What I like most about: The Wednesday Wars

          The thing I like the most about The Wednesday Wars is the interesting plot and story-lines. There are lots of things that happen to the main character (Holling Hoodhood) that make you want to turn the page to find out what unfortunate thing will happen to him next. What really gets me interested though are certain events like his teacher Mrs. Baker nefarious plots to make the year the worse year of school in his life. My all time favourite plot so far in the story was the villainous plot to make him bored to death by making him read Shakespeare books. All of the chapter November he is quoting certain characters  lines from The Tempest (particularly curses like "the red plague rid you" or "toads, beetles and bats light on you"). Although that is usually what I like in stories I also enjoy plot twists because it is a real shock kind of like in Citizen Kane where the plot twist is that Rosebud is the sled. One in the story would be when the two rats Sycorax and Caliban eat the cream puffs and against all odds Mrs. Baker bought them back for him. Even though I have only read through three of the chapters in the book I am almost certain there will be more of those in the future.

By: Sean D.

So far in novel

The Wednesday Wars

The Wednesday Wars has been a pleasure and delight to read thus far.  The greatest feature of this book is the consistent humor and sarcasm.  The humor of this book really adds emotion and personality to the characters.  The humor shows the personality of the characters which gives the readers a good assumption of what the characters act and look like.  From the beginning of the novel, there were witty phrases that you couldn't help but grin.  The best feature about this book is that children of our age can relate to Holling, with a teacher that hates them and the parents that ignore them.  There are mischievous characters, clumsy characters and intimidating characters that we can all relate to.   With the way the author Gary D. Schmidt shows the readers how a character feels whether frustrated or devastated, is interesting and leaves the readers wanting to read more.  "A good writer tells you a great writer shows you."  I also enjoy the story line and plot of this novel three chapters into the book.  It was very fascinating when I read the first page and the student, Holling, explains how on the first day of school his teacher immediately hates him for no reason at all.  The unfortunate events that this seventh grade boy manages to create, makes me chuckle and smile throughout every page.  This book was written with remarkable detail and thought.  The descriptions create the most unusual pictures in your mind, but they greatly add to the quality of every page.  There are descriptive, interesting sentences like "And if you can't have sun or blue sky, then you wish it would snow and cover the entire gray world with a sparkling white that your eye can't take it in."    This sentence and the descriptive words remind me of our month now.  Lately the sun hasn't made its appearance, it has been gray, cloudy and the days have been gloomy and ominous.  This describes how I feel in this season, sometimes it rains and sometimes it snows but the sun rarely reveals itself.   I would rather the snow fall already so I could play and build with it.   This is just one of the many sentences that create a pleasant image in my mind.  The vocabulary is diverse and creative with all the amusing and funny idioms, metaphors and similes.  "The halls filled up with the scent of Hamburger-and-Pepper Surprise, a scent that lingered like the smell of a dead animal caught underneath the floorboards" is a simile that makes me giggle.  I am anticipating the remaining chapters in this entertaining novel. 

Christina Z

The Wednesday Wars

          The "Wednesday wars" is an amazing book so far and we have only read about three chapters. This book is unbelievably hilarious! It has sarcasm and jokes and riddles and pokes. The author Gary D. Schmidt is a great author, but an amazing artist,his words paint a picture in your head, it's really amazing how that works. Like what we were discussing in class Gary does not just say she was crying if someone was crying, he says: The words that came out of her mouth, I can't tell you but you'd know them once you heard them. Gary does not say what he has to say, he shows you what he has to say.

          In the beginning, before we read this book, I thought I was going to HATE this book, with the small words and the hundreds of pages. But I am in LOVE with this book. Loving a book is very, VERY rare for me, reading a book when not at school is like climbing a mountain without any gear! In order for me to love a book, this book has to be really good!

          My favourite characters in the book are Doug Swieteck and his brother. They both have lots and lots of nerve. They even have 410 ways to get your teacher to hate you, and when they try a number from the list, they usually get suspended, but when they come back again they try another number to see how much time that will get them. It usually gets really funny when their part comes. It's like adding more chocolate in Candy Land!

In this book I like how the main idea of the story is starting to drop, although it is only the beginning, I wonder how the rest of the book will go. This book was truly amazing!!!

                                                BY: Dani