The Cross Country Race and Heather's Homecoming (The Wednesday Wars)

The Cross Country Race (The Wednesday Wars)

Holling's school had a running competition on a Saturday in April at Salisbury Park for the people that made teams so on Saturday Danny Hupfer and Holling went to races. One race was for the JV boys and one was for the varsity team. Danny was racing first and in the race he was doing very good until the fifth lap because the eighth graders behind him came and bruised his knees when he was in the woods. Since he had bloody knees he could barely walk so he almost finished last. This inspired Holling to get first in the varsity race especially when Danny told him "Beat the pied ninnies. " I can relate to this because I play a game online called Tetris and I am a naturally competitive person. When someone beats my score in Tetris it motivates me because I want to be the best I could possibly be. Not only does this make me better at playing the game but I also have a lot of fun.

Heather's Homecoming (The Wednesday Wars)

                In the month of May Holling's sister (Heather) left to go to California to go find herself because her dad was not allowing her to go to Columbia University. One night his sister called at a time she knew that only Holling would be awake to answer. She told Holling that she only had four dollars and a train ticket to New York cost forty-four dollars and fifty-five cents. In order for Holling to get his sister back home he cashed in his Salisbury Park savings bond for fifty-two dollars and he sent the money to his sister. His father refused to take him to pick up his sister so Holling asked his mother for enough money for two train tickets and two big lunches. When he found his sister they had grilled cheese sandwiches, two cokes, and chocolate doughnuts. Holling felt very empty inside without his sister and realized for the first time he loved her. This was probably because he missed all of the good times with her and wanted to have more good times with her.

By: Sean