Read The Wednesday Wars if you would like to find out what it was like to be a young teen in the U.S. in 1968. Times were changing as teens rebelled, an unpopular war took many victims and marriages crumbled under the pressure of changing family dynamics. This book brought back memories for me. Seventh-grader Holling Hoodhood is convinced his teacher hates him. Through their Wednesday afternoon Shakespeare sessions, she helps him cope with events both wildly funny and deadly serious. A 2008 Newbery Honor Book and a YALSA Best Book for Young Adults.
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