Guest writer:
Delaney McDonald
"Wednesday Wars"
This was a funny book about a boy named Hooling Hoodhood and
all his junior high suffering from his teacher Ms. Baker, his family and other
kids in his classroom. It takes place during the Vietnam War, and Mr. Baker’s
husband is in the war and MIA (missing in action). Heather, Hoolings sister is
a war sympathetic and is very strange. She becomes a flower child and her
parent’s disapprove of her support against the war. Hooling
is a boy who thinks his teacher is out to get him and make his junior high days
miserable. This story is great because there are rats, fighting, adventure,
family problems and so much more. It made me think about my own life in some
ways too, so that was cool. The main theme is all about Hooling and how he
copes with becoming his own person, instead of a gutless wimp that his sister
calls him. His teacher Ms. Baker makes
him read Shakespeare, tear apart complicated sentences, etc. He has a active imagination
and loves books about adventures. When he gets suckered into doing a
Shakespeare play he finds out how much he loves Shakespeare and how good of an
actor he is. He even makes people cry. In the end everything works out. Ms.
Bakers husband is found, Hooling finds out Ms. Baker actually is helping him
and not torturing him and the bullies stop picking on
him. I give this book 3 ½ stars. It would get more, but it’s really long!
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